What we're doing today!
By the generosity of our parishioners ...
we support the following charities and concerns through our fundraising, social events and volunteer efforts:
Lunch Bunch - Temporarily Suspended
At Saint John’s we have a lunch club which runs every Tuesday to provide food, welfare and fellowship for those in need. This is very dependent upon the support of the local community and if you would like to help in any way, please join us.
CAFOD
We raise a lot of money for the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, the major charity for foreign aid of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. See the links page for more details.
CAFOD is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – so can benefit from the match funding announced by the Prime Minister this week, for every £1 given to CAFOD the government will give £1 to the DEC.
And remember if you are you are a UK taxpayer you can Gift Aid your donation, which means that CAFOD get an extra 25p from the Government for every pound you donate. You can also give on the CAFOD website.
Fair Trade
We are a certified Fair Trade parish and actively promote buying goods and food for which the workers have been paid a decent wage and are given good working conditions. Once a month we offer a selection of goods for sale at Saint Thomas’. Many members of our parish support the Fair Trade shop in Bury St. Edmunds.
If Fairly Traded tea and coffee cannot be purchased from shops and supermarkets locally, Gillian Caple can order it from Traidcraft. Please ask her.
Locally, Sainsbury’s have opted out of using the Fair Trade logo and, therefore, there is uncertainty about the status of their products. Non-fair trade brands such as Nescafe, Lavazza, etc. should not be used in St John’s. Please inspect purchases carefully for the Fairtrade logo.