CHRISTIAN AID NEWS

EVENTS IN SCOTLAND
FridAy 27 JAnuAry
Poverty Over Burns supper
7pm–1am, Partick Thistle FC,
Firhill Stadium, Firhill road,
glasgow.
Celebrate the life and work of
robert Burns with the Christian
Aid Scotland Team at their
Poverty over Burns Supper.
includes a delicious threecourse
meal, followed by a
ceilidh into the small hours.
Tickets £25 per person. And if
you can’t join this Burns Supper
why not hold your own Visit
christianaid.org.uk/burnssupper
or call Amy on 0141 221 7475.
JAnuAry/FEBruAry
eco-congregations and Christian
aid climate roadshows
Tuesday 17 January
6.45pm for 7pm start, Falkirk old
and St Modan’s Parish Church,
Manse Place, Falkirk FK1 1Jn.
Further information from
dgreen@christian-aid.org or
0141 221 7475.
Tuesday 21 February
7pm (tbc), St george’s Church of
Scotland Church hall, 50 george
Street, dumfries dg1 1EJ.
Contextual Bible studies
Tuesday 24 January
7-9pm, Cathcart Baptist Church
Thursday 16 February
7-9pm, new Kilpatrick
Call Wendy young for more
information on 0141 221 7475.
For full info on any of the above,
call Val Brown on 0141 221 7475.
With World Mission Council:
israel and occupied Palestinian
territory (ioPT) evenings
Wednesday 1 February
7-9pm, gorbals Parish Church,
glasgow.
Thursday 9 February
7-9pm, dornoch Cathedral.
Christian aid roadshows
Wednesday 7 March
7-9pm, Abbotsford Church,
Clydebank, g81 1PA.
NeW GlasGOW OFFiCe
in dECEMBEr, the glasgow
office relocated to 290 Bath
Wednesday 21 March
7-9pm, Stobswell Church, 172
Albert Street, dd4 6QW.
Thursday 22 March
7-9pm, Portobello old Parish,
Bellfield Street, Eh15 2BP.
TuESdAy 28 FEBruAry
Guardian film screening – trade:
the Flower industry in Kenya
7pm, The Centre for
Contemporary Arts, 350
Sauchiehall Street, glasgow.
guardian film in partnership
with Christian Aid, followed by
panel discussion and Q&A.
SATurdAy 21 APriL
tay Bridge Cross Walk
2pm, dundee and newport-on-
Tay. Christian Aid’s annual Tay
Bridge sponsored walk. For
more details, visit christianaid.
org.uk/walks or call Amy on 0141
221 7475.
SATurdAy 28 APriL
Forth Bridge Cross Walk
1pm, north and South
Queensferry.
Come along to the 40th birthday
celebration for the Forth Bridge
Cross. Entertainment will
commence at 1pm, with the
walk starting at 2pm. For more
details, visit christianaid.org.uk/
walks or call Amy, as above.
SATurdAy 5 MAy
erskine Bridge Cross Walk
2pm, Erskine and old Kilpatrick
Join the 25th anniversary of the
Erskine Bridge Cross.
For more details, visit
christianaid.org.uk/walks or call
Amy, as above.
SATurdAy 16 JunE
Cumbrae Challenge
10am, Cumbrae.
Walk, run or cycle 10 miles
around the beautiful isle of
Cumbrae to support Christian
Aid. For more details, visit
christianaid.org.uk/walks or call
Amy, as above.
Street, glasgow g2 4Jr. This
move provides the glasgow
team with a bit more space and
is saving Christian Aid a
considerable amount of money
each year. our phone number
(0141 221 7475) will stay the
same and there will be a
redirection on our post for the
foreseeable future. We will be
holding an ‘open office’ event on
18 January 2012, between 5pm
and 7pm. All are welcome to
come along to meet staff and see
our new premises.
Scottish Churches funding
HIV work in Malawi
Longniddry ChurCh
recently hosted ‘The
gentlemen’s Saturday
Baking Society’, raising
money for Christian Aid
partner FoCuS in
Malawi. This is just one
of many activities
Longniddry and
gladmuir churches have
arranged in order to
reach the £5,000
partnership target over
two years, which is
match-funded 1:9 by the
Scottish government’s
international
development fund.
glasgow West End Churches Together, and Trinity and
Stobswell churches in dundee are also working creatively
towards the same target. in total, with match-funding, £200,000
will be raised for the work of FoCuS. FoCuS seeks to reduce
the transmission of hiV and supports those living with the
virus in the Karonga area of Malawi.
if you think your church and community might be interested
in getting involved with a match-funded partnership, please
get in touch with Wendy young on 0141 221 7475 or wyoung@
christian-aid.org
Overseas visits
Longniddry’s
gentlemen
bakers
AT ChriSTiAn Aid, we are all about partnerships and
shared learning. So we were delighted to have dr Singha,
from dSK, one of our partners in Bangladesh, with us over
the harvest period to talk about the impact of climate
change, with supporters around the country. Thank you to
everyone who made him feel welcome during his stay in
Scotland. Emma dalrymple, our new intern, has recently
come back from a visit to Sierra Leone, where she was able
to find out more about our work and partnerships there.
Big ThAnKS to the winner
of the Falkirk Herald’s
‘Voice’ competition,
teenager Colet Selwyn,
who is in the process of
making a solo album and
donating all the proceeds
to Christian Aid. Colet and
his family, who make up
the Sunbeam Singers,
also recently performed a
gospel music concert in
Larbert, alongside quartet Con Brio, to raise funds for
Christian Aid and The Leprosy Mission.
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