We have supported John and Judie Ellison in their work in Paraguay for many years. John is the Anglican bishop of Paraguay. The parish magazine has numerous articles about them and their work, and every two or three years when they spend a few months in the UK we are usually fortunate enough to see them. They also send us emails both about how the work is going, and with prayer requests
for the sometimes horrifying difficulties they face.

Click here for an update on John and Judie and their work. 
Click here to visit the SAMS website.

The Bridge Trust is a registered charity based in Maidenhead, who reach out to the young people of the area by welcoming them into the Re:Charge cafe.

St Peter's Harvest festival in September this year will be supporting the Twyford based charity Feed the Children. They work in places like Kenya, Uganda, Angola and Liberia  providing clean water from new boreholes, and improved management of  water. These are areas where women and children might be walking  miles every day to collect water- which is likely to make them ill. Feed the Children says 'We appreciate that people enjoy giving gifts at harvest time. Part of our education programme involves distribution of toiletries, so this year we particularly welcome things like basic soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes,flannels, nailbrushes,combs and household soap.'
The open collection for the day will also go towards Feed the Children's transport costs and cash grants that their programmes depend on.

Rwanda Project

St Peters has a link with Kigeme Diocese which is in the SW of Rwanda.
This diocese is in a rural part of Rwanda with the cathedral, diocesan offices, hospital and secondary school based round Kigeme village. Gikongoro is the nearest town. Most of the local people exist by subsistance farming on poor acidic soil. Groups from the Maidenhead area have been visiting Kigeme since 1999. The link first began following the death of an ex FurzePlatt Secondary school teacher Ann Nelson. She went out to Rwanda when she retired, to teach, but very unexpectedly died there after only being in the country for one week. Her friends were naturally stunned and wondered whether they could make some contribution to the life of that diocese.

Visit our Recent Events page to find out about the Summer 2009 visit to Rwanda by members of our church.

St. Lawrence's Church, Mansfield
Closer to home, but no less in need of our support is St Lawrence's Church, Mansfield. At Christmas we organise a toy collection for the children of that parish, and occasionally help out in other ways.

Click here to visit the Mansfield churches site.

At our Christingle services we support the work of the Children's Society, who help children and young people across the UK. Their activities include helping homeless children on the streets, providing education to children expelled from school, protecting children on remand and helping improve the life of children living in deprived areas. 

Other charities and missions supported in 2005:
In 2005 we gave over £19,000 to more than 40 different charitable causes,

at home...

e.g. Alpha, Church Housing Trust, Connect Christian counselling, PACT, People to Places, Scripture Union, Yeldall Manor (drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, Henley)

and abroad....

e.g. The Asian Tsunami Appeal, Barnabus Fund, Compassion, Mission Direct, Tearfund, World Vision, Zululand orphanage