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The way we lead our own
lives can have a tangible
impact in the fight to end
poverty. Christian Aid Week
is the perfect example of this
Christian Aid Week 12-18 May. See caweek.org
WHAT WILL YOU
DO THIS CHRISTIAN
AID WEEK?
Are you ready for Christian
Aid Week 2013? This May,
thousands of supporters
will go out into their
communities to raise
funds for our work to
help the world’s poorest
people. Church multiplier
officer, Claire Whitmore
highlights how you can
bite back at hunger
EVERY YEAR IN MAY SOMETHING
amazing happens across Britain and
Ireland: thousands of churches and
communities take their faith on to the
streets on behalf of the world’s poorest
people. This is Christian Aid Week.
Last year Christian Aid Week raised
an incredible £12.5m. From coffee
mornings to snail races, sponsored
walks to concerts, thousands of people
applied their creativity, enthusiasm
and passion to raise funds for our
work worldwide. And this year we’re
confident that it can be even better.
Everyone has something different to
bring to Christian Aid Week. Perhaps
you’re a brilliant baker, or maybe you’re
better placed to persuade someone
else to bake for your event. You may
not fancy a sponsored swim, but a
station collection might be just up your
street. Treasure hunts, garden parties
and sports days are all great ways to
have fun, engage your community
and raise money. This Christian Aid
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Week, let’s use our
diverse skills and
interests as part of one
body, as the Church’s
movement for change.
As one Christian Aid Week
volunteer put it: ‘It’s a countrywide
thing, so if everyone does a little bit it
makes a big difference in the end.’
Many of us will be taking part in
house-to-house collecting, and last
year this generated three-quarters
of the money raised in Christian Aid
Week. Collecting in this way only takes
a few hours of your time and can be
incredibly rewarding – and all you
need is a smile. While delivering and
collecting Christian Aid Week envelopes
Do something
amazing this Christian
Aid Week. Contact your local
regional office – see pages
24-25 – or go online at
caweek.org to find out how
you can help make
a difference.
may seem daunting, most collectors’
experiences are extremely positive.
Last year, one said: ‘I was pleasantly
surprised by the vast majority of
people’s responses when I knocked on
their doors.’
On Christian Aid Week Sunday,
you can be a part of a nationwide
prayer moment by texting your prayer
to 70788 or emailing it to us at
caweek.org/pray
You could also use our prayer and
action cards to challenge the G8 to
champion the world’s poorest
people, and to pray for a
world in which everyone
has their daily bread.
Why not invite a
Christian Aid speaker
to your church in the
run-up to Christian
Aid Week? You can
find out more from
your local office.
Christian Aid Week is an
opportunity for us to be visible
in our communities, being witnesses
to God’s desire for justice and standing
in solidarity with people in poverty.
Please think about how you can use
your unique talents, skills, contacts
and interests to get involved. All your
efforts will go towards our ultimate
aim: an end to poverty. So please get
out there and bake, bike, bring and buy,
barbeque and hang out the bunting –
do whatever you can to play a part in
this movement for change.
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