St James Dalby - Church & Community - supporting charities
In 2022 we gave over £6000 to both local charities working on the Island as well as supporting aid over seas.
Our Charities for 2023
Through the fundraising work of the Friends and the Church we give to 2 Manx charities each year
a local charity operating on the Island and a Manx charity operating overseas .
This year we are supporting :
Arlo’s Adventure, supporting Manx families in hospital in England as well as those who have lost a child.
And the Manx charity Hands of Hope operating in Romania and working directly with refugees from Ukraine and those affected by the Russian Invasion.
We donate 10% of all our funds raised through events to support their work .
the rest goes to our Church Restoration Fund.
Our Charities for 2023
Through the fundraising work of the Friends and the Church we give to 2 Manx charities each year
a local charity operating on the Island and a Manx charity operating overseas .
This year we are supporting :
Arlo’s Adventure, supporting Manx families in hospital in England as well as those who have lost a child.
And the Manx charity Hands of Hope operating in Romania and working directly with refugees from Ukraine and those affected by the Russian Invasion.
We donate 10% of all our funds raised through events to support their work .
the rest goes to our Church Restoration Fund.
It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi
As a church and community we’re committed to working together,
playing together and supporting one another in our local community and in the wider world.
We annually support :
Scripture Union IoM : working with our young people in schools across the Island. For more information visit: http://www.sumt.im/
Graih : a Manx charity based in Douglas in the Isle of Man seeking to love and serve the homeless. www.graih.org.im
The Leprosy Mission : bringing life back to those who have been abandoned by others. : http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/
playing together and supporting one another in our local community and in the wider world.
We annually support :
Scripture Union IoM : working with our young people in schools across the Island. For more information visit: http://www.sumt.im/
Graih : a Manx charity based in Douglas in the Isle of Man seeking to love and serve the homeless. www.graih.org.im
The Leprosy Mission : bringing life back to those who have been abandoned by others. : http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/
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Fairtrade Island / Fairtrade Church:
At Dalby we take Fairtrade seriously, with our “Fairtrade Cupboard –shop” in the Dalby schoolrooms and in the Hub Shop selling over £1300 of produce in just one year! The hard work and enthusiasm of Ann Quirk and Pamela Gorst , who are part of our Friends team at St James, keep the shelves stacked with a wide range of Traidcraft products, available whenever there’s a gathering or function in the church and schoolrooms. Traidcraft is the UK’s leading fair trade organisation. Its unique structure - a trading company and a development charity working together - gives them a distinctive perspective on how trade can be made to work for the poor. Through regularly buying Fairtrade groceries from our cupboard-shop, the community at Dalby are helping poor farmers in the developing world to have a fair price for their produce as well as improved living and working conditions...... and we get excellent coffee and tea to drink and biscuits and chocolate to snack! |
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Collecting food for Griah & Women’s Refuge:
through Lent and Advent we have collecting boxes in the schoolrooms for food stuffs for Griah and Women’s Refuge IoM. This is mainly tinned foods, tea, coffee, and biscuits, personal toiletries and household cleaning items. Both these collections are supported by our church and extended community with contributions coming in from a wide range of people who drop by or attend different groups and activities in the schoolrooms. Carol Singing : Each and every year a small group of us re-meet, whatever the weather, and armed with woolly hats and scarves , waterproofs, boots and torches, we head our way along the Dalby straight, up and down each and every farm tack , drives and gardens, to sing our little hearts out as our voices are carried by the wind to far and distant shores! The good folk at Dalby, well warned, are either out, or welcome us into their homes and reward our efforts with hot punch and mince pies ......and a generous donation to go to Hospice IoM ! This year we donated £400 for the pleasure of a beautiful evening, great company, a long moonlit walk, much hospitality and a great choir to sing with! |
Toilet twinning : Our church loo as well as our Hub loo have been twinned with an enclosed loo for a community in Ethiopia. We now have framed certificates in our loos along with an information poster on the hygiene benefits of better sanitation and clean water.
Christmas Stamps: We also act as a collecting point for the humble postage stamp throughout the year with a special promotion at Christmas to go to the all island collection for the Leprosy Mission coordinated through the One World Centre.
Awareness raising & Campaigning : we have regularly updated information and campaign cards available in the church on global issues of human justice, climate and trade justice. Current events and issues are featured regularly in the local news sheet
Awareness raising & Campaigning : we have regularly updated information and campaign cards available in the church on global issues of human justice, climate and trade justice. Current events and issues are featured regularly in the local news sheet
