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Annual Appeal for Others
Support across the Seas
St Andrew’s is committed to share the love of God, not just locally but internationally and seeks to follow the calling of Jesus to offer good news to the poor. One focus of this is an annual ‘financial appeal’ for others, the proceeds of which are distributed between three organisations promoting development work overseas. St Andrew’s has close links with each charity, with church members involved in different ways, which gives us an insight into the needs and work as well as confidence that our gifts are used very well.

Our Appeal
St Andrew’s launches its Annual Appeal for Others each in November and the appeal runs until Christmas Day. Gift envelopes are issued to members, friends and those associated through the uniformed organisations. These include a ‘Gift Aid’ facility enabling the Church to reclaim tax so enhancing the appeal total. All loose cash donations to church through Advent to Christmas Day are also given to the Appeal. In 2009 St Andrew’s will distribute the proceeds of the Appeal: Sylvia Wright Trust 45%, Commitment for Life, 30%, KOST 25%

Sylvia Wright Trust - visit website
Sylvia Wright TrustBack in the 1970s Leeds nurse felt a calling to ‘sell up’, ‘up-sticks’ and move to India to serve the people of the Tiruvannamalai region. From humble beginnings with few resources Sylvia has worked, supported by a Leeds-based management and fundraising Board, to develop what is now a significant hospital and education facility:

  • Hospital with 250 beds for in-patients
  • Outpatient clinics treating 7,000 patients every month
  • A support scheme for 70 handicapped children
  • A residential school for 230 profoundly deaf children & vocational training centre
  • A vocational training centre for deaf school leavers

St Andrew’s supports the trust though our annual appeal and is the Trust’s largest single church donor. The Sylvia Wright Board includes two St Andrew’s members.

Kenyan Orphanage Sponsorship Trust (KOST) - visit website

The Kenyan Orphan Sponsorship Trust (KOST) is a small, Leeds based charity supporting orphaned and abandoned children in Kenya. The charity was established in 1995 by the Reverend Mabel Parris and now operates two centres in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya caring for a total of some 120 children. A Medical Centre is also sponsored to help care for their wellbeing.

Many of the orphans have lost parents to HIV/AIDS which continues to devastate the young adult community across many parts of Africa.The contribution of St Andrew’s makes a real difference to the work that can be done. KOST has a Leeds based Board whose Chair is also a member of St Andrew’s.

Commitment for Life - view website
The United Reformed Church launched the national Commitment for Life Programme to:

  • Campaign for a fairer world
  • Work for Peace with Justice
  • Seek to be God’s people
  • Announce Good News to the poor
  • Recogise that change starts with us
Cfl Works through partner organisations in four countries:
  • Zimbabwe
  • Palestine
  • Jamaica
  • Bangladesh
St Andrew’s has Palestine as our prayer partner.