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Each year the Benefice selects five charities to benefit from special collection days throughout the year.  This is in addition to the regular collections for the parishes.

Below are details of the current charities and where to find information on regular giving to the Benefice.

He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done. Proverbs 19:17

Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.  Psalm 82:3

If you would like to give to your church on a regular basis please contact the Benefice Office for information about committing to a regular donation through weekly envelopes or by standing order and how the church might benefit from a signed Gift Aid declaration.

A good world needs happy children.  Happy children need a good childhood.  The Children's Society recognises that some children need help to achieve this.  So the Children's Society heals children's hurt, eases their pain, restores children's self-respect.  When children are alone, they listen and when they're abandoned, they care.  The Society never gives up, even when children are facing the harshest challenges.  Collections in December and June.

Regular Giving

The Children's Society

A Rocha

A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organisation, their name coming from the Portuguese for "the Rock", and is a family of projects working in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, and Asia.  Projects are frequently cross-cultural and share a community emphasis with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education.  Collections in February and July.

CIRDIC

Run by Churches Together in Reading, the Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre, or CIRDIC, is open from 10.00am to 3.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays offering meals and access to a range of services. Soup and sandwiches are served on Saturday evenings. The services are offered free to those coming to the Centre (the guests), on a "Drop-In" basis, and without conditions or judgements.  Collections in March and September.

The Mityana Charity

The Mityana Charity is a small Christian charity based mainly in the south of England and which is dedicated to helping the people of Mityana in Uganda.  This includes vocational training of local people, assistance in local self-supporting and revenue generating projects and establishing a better infrastructure for hospitals and schools.  Collections in April and October.

BRF & Barnabas

The BRF (Bible Reading Fellowship) have published daily Bible reading notes without interruption since 1922.  New Daylight and Guidelines are both well established, and Day by Day with God (written by women for women) was launched in January 1998.  They also resource children's work in schools and churches through Barnabas.  Collections in May and November.

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last updated on 25/10/2008 09:22:34