Charities

The charities St George’s supported in 2011 are listed below.

In addition to donating funds to these charities the church arranges collections of goods for Newcastle’s West End Refugee Service (www.wers.org.uk) and clothing for the People’s Kitchen (http://peopleskitchen.co.uk/).

Members of the congregation help with the house-to-house collections in aid of Christian Aid (www.christianaid.org.uk ) and there are various other special events, such as concerts, in support of this charity.

Quizzes are regularly arranged in aid of Children Alone (http://www.emmanuelctc.org.uk/emmanuelcollege/charities/children_alone.php) - a charity working with orphans and HIV/AIDS-infected children in Zimbabwe.

Members of the church have spear-headed fund-raising to provide medical education for students at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in Tanzania.

There are occasional collections, quizzes or other events in aid of other charities.

Charities supported by St George's in 2011:

Alzheimer's Society
 http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/custom_scripts/branch.php?area=true&areaCode=NONE

Byker Bridge Housing Association
 http://www.bykerbridge.org.uk/

Children North-East
 http://www.children-ne.org.uk/

Cystic Fibrosis Trust
 http://www.cftrust.org.uk

Dementia Care Partnership
 http://www.dementiacare.org.uk/html/maps_guides.html

Diocesan Readers
 http://www.newcastle.anglican.org

East Area Asylum Seekers Support Group (Newcastle)
 http://www.eaassg.org.uk/

Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel
 www.eappi.org/

Ha Fusi School, Lesotho
 http://www.fusischool.org/fusiinlesotho.htm

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Ghana)
 http://www.kathhsp.org/

Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
 http://www.torturecare.org.uk/

Mildmay Hospital (HIV/AIDS rehabilitation worldwide)
 http://www.mildmay.org/09/default.aspx

Night Stop North-East (emergency help for 16-25s)
 http://www.depaulnightstopuk.org

Shine the light on Aniridia
 http://www.cureaniridia.co.uk/

Tyneside Cyrenians (support for the vulnerable and homeless)
 http://www.tynesidecyrenians.co.uk/

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (supporting church work in over 50 countries)
 http://www.uspg.org.uk/

Women’s Aid (supporting victims of domestic violence in Newcastle)
 http://www.womensaid.org.uk/azrefuges.asp?section=00010001000800060002&ref=8159