To help us put our faith in action, as well as having a commitment to our local communities, we are engaged with a range of initiatives and organisations that help us live out a heart for serving the world.
Currently the main world organisations that we actively support are:
- Christian Aid. Christian Aid
- Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. www.garas.org.uk
- Tools with a Mission. Tools with a Mission Details: 07774 803177
- Samaritans Purse. www.samaritans-purse.org.uk
- Our Kenya Link. We have had a link with communities in rural western Kenya since 1996. Details: 07774 803177
Some of our boxes of clothes for Samaras Aid 100 shoe boxes for Samaritans Purse Sewing machines for Tools with a Mission
In the past we have supported a variety of other organisations and still follow their work with interest, including:
- Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. www.frrme.org
- Ripple Effect (Previously called Send a Cow). www.rippleeffect.org
- Samaras Aid Appeal. www.samarasaidappeal.org
- Toilet Twinning. www.toilettwinning.org.
- Transform Burkina www.transformburkino.org.uk.
HARVEST COLLECTION October 5th 2025
Thinking big, giving smalls!
In 2024 many of you were involved in our wonderful ‘Harvest of Tools’ as part of our giving thanks for our own harvest and the abundance that we enjoy. You might remember that we collected hundreds of tools to help people in Africa reap a better harvest for themselves. The charity ‘Tools with a Mission’ checked all our gifts over and made sure that all were in working order before they distributed them in communities where their impact would be transformational. As well as demonstrating our commitment to recycling and reuse and promoting environmental sustainability here at home, these tools equipped individuals elsewhere with the skills needed to completely transform their lives and communities. They also boosted people’s self-esteem and dignity, so important in all our lives.
Our harvest collection for 2025 was both practical and dignity-enhancing. We made a collection of items to donated to the charity ‘Smalls for All’. They collect underwear for people in Africa and the UK who can’t afford or can’t get any. Because dignity matters. Just over 700 items were collected! THANK YOU!
Like Tools with a Mission, they only send the best. So they collect only brand new pants and new or gently worn bras. They support charitable organisations in both Africa and the UK who are able to transport and distribute the underwear they collect to those in need. In 2025 Smalls for All celebrated their 15th anniversary and in that time 606 of their partner organisations have distributed 2,349,155 items of underwear in 28 countries!