In 1989 we decided that we would undertake to support a local charity every year, following the success of our Tercentenary Appeal, in 1988, to send a group of disadvantaged local children on a Send a Child to Hucklow holiday. We raise money through donations, sponsored walks, sale of goods etc.
Charities supported since 1989
Alzheimer's; Asthma; Great North Air Ambulance; Big Ears; North Tees Pain Relief; Cystic Fibrosis; Piper Knowle House; Speech After Stroke group; Holistic Cancer Therapy Centre; Child Advocacy International; Corner House, Stockton; Multiple Sclerosis; Daisy Chain; Blind Voice UK; NSPCC; Botton Village; POGINS; North Tees Bereavement Support Group; Sightsavers International; Teesport Mission to Seafarers; Phab – Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied; Arthritis Care (North East).
Unitarians at Stockton with a cheque for the Mission to
Seafarers, Teesport - the charity supported 2007- 2008 |
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We support FairtradeTraidcraft goods are on sale regularly and we only use fairly traded tea, coffee and sugar at church. |
Support for local charities
New Horizons (Teesside) is our chosen charity for 2010-2011. The local group has set up a drop-in service known as CHAT , in our building. This twice weekly event offers support and social activities for people struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or other mental health problems. Such has been the demand for the One-to-One listening service with trained counsellors, the popular creative arts and other activities, that their hours have already been extended twice, and the number of days which the service operates is likely to increase. This Group is doing such worthwhile work and obviously fulfilling a great social need. We are glad to support them.