Outward Giving

St Margaret’s Vision Statement - “An outward-looking, vibrant and loving Christian family, where everyone lives out their faith in their daily life.”

One of the key priorities in our second Mission Action Plan was to “Develop a strategic and structured approach to outward giving to mission and charities by establishing a working group accountable to the PCC.”  This led to the founding of our Outward Giving Group and St Margaret’s ‘Mission Fund’. The Mission Fund and associated restricted funds enable St Margaret’s to pass any Gift Aided element on to our nominated charities from donors who are tax-payers.

The target of St Margaret’s Parochial Church Council for our Outward Giving via the Mission Fund is 5% of our Church Giving income. Our hope is that the majority of these funds will be raised through existing and on-going fundraising activities and appeals throughout the year.

We support up to eight charities each year which will include home and overseas mission and home and overseas relief.

In addition to these charities, the Outward Giving Group also supports and helps to promote other direct appeals and collections during the year including: the Link Diocese of Sudan and chosen Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) appeals.

The Mission Fund is overseen by the Outward Giving Group which meets twice a year, provides recommendations to the PCC and organises displays and speakers for the chosen charities.  Its members are:

Fr Alex Crawford
Catherine Beaumont
Jane Clarke
Michelle Still
Linda Whittaker

Mission Fund Distribution 2025

In 2025, the Mission Fund raised/disbursed over £5,623.70 as follows: