Faith groups have raised over £170,000 for the hospice in the last few years, helping us make a real difference to local people. 

By speaking at services about our work, sharing our knowledge with bereavement support groups and involving several churches in our annual Tree of Light initiative we are able to give people a better understanding of what we do to help local people.

Below are some examples of ways in which faith groups have chosen to support St Catherine’s.  To speak with someone about how your group can get involved, please contact Victoria Lawrence on 01293 447376 or at victorialawrence@stch.org.uk

PCC Nuthurst & Mannings Heath
PCC Nuthurst & Mannings Heath have been supporting St Catherine’s for several years through a new approach to their fundraising.  Rev. David Evans feels that giving to organisations other than the church is a very important part of Christian values and therefore introduced a new system for parish donors encouraging them to choose how their donations should be split between the church and other charities. 

Contributions from the PCC total over £14,000 and their Charity Giving Co-ordinator, Bernice Middleton, feels this has promoted a more whole-hearted approach to charitable giving, accounting for the increase in chartable support among Nuthurst  and Mannings Heath parishioners.  Several congregation members have also chosen to take their support even further by organising Harvest festival collections, taking part in events like St Catherine’s Midnight Walk and volunteering in the hospice with gardening, catering and driving.

Tree of Light
Twelve churches throughout Mid Sussex and East Surrey kindly chose to support St Catherine’s last Christmas by hosting a Tree of Light event where local people could remember loved ones.  These services are a real comfort to local residents and a great opportunity for churches to reach out to local residents.  We are so grateful to all of the participants for helping us in this way.  Many of them have already signed up again for Tree of Light 2011.  We are currently looking for Tree of Light venue in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and Reigate.  For more information about how you can get involved, please contact Victoria on 01293 447376.

Victoria Lawrence, Fundraiser at St Catherine's visits the Sikh Gurdwara to collect their fantastic donation of £1851

Many local faith groups have recently chosen to support St Catherine’s Hospice and we are so grateful for all of their kind contributions.  Here are some more examples of how they have been involved...

St May’s Church in Crawley raised £714.30 through their Gift Day

Oxted United Reformed Church chose St Catherine’s as one of the beneficiaries of the 2010 Bluehouse Festival and donated £538.50

St John’s in Felbridge held a Mission Day appeal raising £837

Singers from Redeemed Christian Church of God came in to sing Christmas carols for our patients and brought with them a wonderful donation of £250

New Life Church in East Grinstead has chosen St Catherine’s as one of their Jubilee Initiative charities!