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At the start of 2008, the year of our 75th Anniversary, we set out to raise enough money to refurbish our Church sanctuary and also donate money to local charities and good causes. Our target was to raise £15,000 with £7,500 going to the Church and £7,500 being split between decided charities. At the end of last year, the total fundraising stood at £12,086. We have since given £6,043 to the following charities and good causes.
A big thank you to everyone who helped us raise the cash, your support, generosity and prayers have been fantastic!
Pictures from some of the cheque presentations are below.
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Blythswood Care - £1,023
www.blythswood.org
Blythswood Care combines the Christian message with practical help for those in need at home and abroad. Whether through filled shoeboxes at Christmas, relief and development aid or social projects for young and old, they bring hope to thousands in Europe, Africa and Asia. They are a Christian Charity helping people in need locally and globally, regardless of political or religious beliefs or ethnic origins.
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Chernobyl Families in Need - £320
Chernobyl Families in Need is a charity which cares for individuals and families across Borisov, Grodna and Velarus, among others. It provides financial support where it is required to enhance the lives of those it works with. It supports a social centre for disabled, mentally handicapped and Down's Syndrome young adults, pays the wages of a carer at the Centre who has no other income, and gifted equipment to a hospital enabling them to make a very rapid diagnosis of the illnesses that the children have.
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Bankhead Primary School - £600
www.bankhead-pri.glasgow.sch.uk
Bankhead Primary School is a non-denominational, co-educational school, situated in Knightswood, a couple of minutes from the Church. Young people from the Church refurbished an old cloak-room in the School turning it into a bright, warm staff resource room. Pictures >>
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Yoker Primary School - £600
Yoker Primary school is a non-denominational, co-educational school and caters for children from Primary 1 – Primary 7. The school was built in 1975 and is of open plan design. Each base has a separate entry with cloakroom and toilet facilities. It is equipped with a main hall which doubles as their gymnasium. Young people from the Church painted this hall for them and pictures can be seen here.
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Compassion - £500
www.compassionuk.org
Compassion is an evangelical Christian child sponsorship organisation who give loving Christians a chance to make a difference. Rather than being overwhelmed by the staggering statistics of poverty they believe it is our Christian responsibility to help the poor as Christ did.
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Glasgow City Mission - £1,000
www.glasgowcitymission.com
Glasgow City Mission is an interdenominational Christian charity that works with homeless people and those who are disadvantaged in the city. They also work with children and families in the Govan area of the city.
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Yorkhill Children's Foundation - £1,000
www.yorkhillchildrensfoundation.org
Every year, around 150,000 children from all over Scotland attend the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill in Glasgow. Yorkhill Children's Foundation aims to provide the 'extra' services and equipment for the whole of Yorkhill which would not otherwise be possible, from providing state-of-the-art equipment to children's entertainers.
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Glasgow Women's Aid - £1,000
www.scottishwomensaid.org.uk
Glasgow Women's Aid is a division of Scottish Women's Aid who are the lead organisation in Scotland working towards the prevention of domestic abuse. They play a vital role campaigning and lobbying for effective responses to domestic abuse. An important aspect of our work is ensuring that women and children with experience of domestic abuse get the services they need, both from local Women’s Aid groups and from the agencies they are likely to contact.
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