While the members of St. Michael’s church are keen to demonstrate Christian values within a local context, they are also committed to being part of a much broader, world-wide community. Such commitment gives direction to their charitable giving and consequently charities both at home and overseas are supported financially and with prayers throughout the year.

Each month a different charity is remembered during our Sunday morning service and a donation made from church funds to support their work. The charities are very different, this diversity demonstrating our perspective on the world as much as our willingness to engage positively with communities and groups beyond our immediate locality. The list of charities and the amount granted is reviewed annually by the church’s Charitable Giving Committee.

In addition to our monthly giving, at Christmas we make special donations to the Children’s Society and each May members of the congregation carry out house-to-house collections as part of a nation-wide effort in support of Christian Aid. Special events are organised to raise money for specific charities and occasionally, after Sunday morning worship, we have a retiring collection in response to a clearly identifiable immediate need.

It would be easy to dismiss as insignificant the amounts of money which we are able to give to charity. However, though small, we recognise the vital part they play to ensure the continued good health of our church community. Common sense tells us that we can’t put right all the ills of the world but by the act of giving, both financially and through prayer, we demonstrate our sympathy for ‘good action’ and thereby open our hearts and minds to what exists beyond what is obvious.

A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organisation. Its projects are frequently cross-cultural in character, and share a community emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education.

Christian Aid is working to bring an end to poverty around the world - tackling its root causes as well as its effects.

The Children's Society is a leading children's charity committed to making childhood better for all children in the UK. It takes action to prevent, rescue and support children facing life trapped in a vicious circle of fear and harm.

 US: a church-based charity working in direct partnership with people and communities around the world.

Bible Society exists because millions lack the Bible in a language they can understand, in a form they can use or at a price they can afford. At the same time millions still have no understanding of the Bible’s value for them and their communities.

CBM (formerly Christian Blind Mission) is an international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. CBM acts upon the needs and rights of people with disabilities and supports the provision of more than 900 projects in more than 90 countries.

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

What's at the heart of our strategy? Making water, toilets and hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere.

Our mission is to, through relationship with the local Church in Africa, challenge, encourage, develop and support the ministry of servanthood among those in need in their community through the replication of the Hands at Work community intervention model.We believe the biblical mandate to care for the orphaned, the widowed and the dying is not only for the Church in Africa, but also elsewhere, and Hands at Work will be a prophetic voice to the Churches outside Africa, challenging them to fulfill their mandate.

Corrymeela is Northern Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. We began before “The Troubles” and continue on in Northern Ireland’s changing post–conflict society. The organisation grew organically from the original Community members, and today almost 40 full–time staff and dozens of volunteers work alongside the eleven thousand people who spend time in our residential centre every year.

Our vision is for everyone everywhere to encounter God's love, and be empowered to transform their communities through faith shared in words and action. We deliver a mission of evangelism through our Centres of Mission,evangelists, training programmes,outreach programmes & partnerships.

We protect children, give them a healthy start and the chance to learn. We work in 68 countries around the world.