Over these last few weeks I’ve been working on the
Faculty application for the Lighting Project; it won’t surprise you to hear
that there are pages and pages of questions on all aspects of the church’s
life: historical, social, community outreach, mission etc and it’s made me
aware of the role that All Saints Church Kesgrave has played down the centuries
and the role we still play as one of the 450 parishes in the Diocese and as
part of the wider mosaic that makes up the Church of England.
There is such a huge amount of background work that
goes into keeping any church going: the Diocese, for instance, has a bank of
experts (most of them voluntary) that advise on archaeology, finance,
safeguarding, legal issues etc and this is why we pay towards the Parish Share
as well as towards everything that enables our own particular church to
survive!
Thank you to each and everyone for your support.
All methods of Giving remain available, but the Church website has been updated with two Donate Buttons: a Green Button for General Giving and a Blue Button for supporting the Lighting Project. Please see below for all other methods of giving particularly the improved PGS system which allows you to set up a DD online.
Also, most
importantly, if you are experiencing financial hardship or mounting debts
please seek help through organisations like Stepchange https://www.stepchange.org/or Christians Against Poverty https://capuk.org/
Quick And Easy Giving:
You can now donate online by clicking the donation button below:
If you would like to support our Church financially
a simple BACS payment can be made to:
Co-op
Bank Sort Code:
08-92-99 Account No: 65453375
The name on the Account is: Kesgrave Parochial Church Council
If you can also Gift Aid your donation, please
print off a Gift Aid form from this website (see
below) and give me a ring on 07807 984589
·Regular Giving (Direct
Debit)
For regular giving please contact the Parish Giving
Scheme (PGS) : this is a direct debit scheme, with built-in options for
Gift Aid and inflation proofed giving
There are now three options for signing up:
You can sign up by phone: 0333 002 1271, or by filling in an
ASK-specific form and posting it off or by using the new online direct debit system: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/kesgrave-all-saints-ipswich/
For all 3 ways you will need your own bank details,
the special code for our church: 330633093 and the Diocese: St Eds
and Ips
·Cheques Please make cheques payable to Kesgrave
PCC and send to me
·Envelope Giving: if you have Weekly Envelopes that need collecting please phone me or
place in the collection plate at any of the services.
For all queries please phone me on 07807
984589
Thank
you for supporting the work of All Saints Kesgrave
Sally Wainman (Local Giving
Advisor)
PARISH GIVING SCHEME UPDATE The
Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) website has come on by leaps and bounds and it is
now possible to log onto:
and set up an online Direct Debit donation
straightaway. (If you are wanting to
donate as a couple then it may be easier if just one person signs up, as the
Gift Aid option, for example, can only apply to individuals.
The other sign-up options are still available:
telephone applications and paper forms (from me). The original packs that I was sent will not
be valid after March 2021 but I can print off ASK-specific forms for anyone who
would like them.
The information needed is the name of the church,
the Parish Code 330633093and
the Diocese (St Eds and Ips)
If you have any queries at all please contact me or
log onto their website; the PGS offers both Gift Aid and “Inflation-proofed”
options (and both are entirely optional!)
If you buy goods or services online, please look into signing up for
Give-As-You-Live
and
Amazon Smile
. They make a real difference to us, as each time you buy something online the company you buy from donates to us, without costing you anything! The amount that companies donate to us varies widely from
0.5% of your spend to as high as 10% on special days so it really is worth doing!
Give-As-You-Live
works at most online stores, utilities, and services (e.g. Hughes, booking.com, BT, Sky, ...), and is very easy to use as once registered you simply shop as normal. When using Amazon, it's best to
use
smile.amazon.co.uk
instead of amazon.co.uk (it works the same way as Amazon). For both services, when prompted to select your charity, choose "
Kesgrave Church of England Charity
" to support our youth work, or
"Kesgrave Parish Church Trust
" to support our general work. Please sign up for both services if you are able. With thanks in anticipation!
GIVE AS YOU LIVE FOR FREE! For
anyone that performs web-searchers or shops online from Amazon, eBay, John Lewis, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and many
other subscribing retailers, there’s a new way you can give more to All Saints Church without it costing you a penny! Simply register with http://www.giveasyoulive.com/howitworks and perform your web searches or shop
via their page.
1%-1.5% of the value of purchases
then come to All Saints, and every few web searches raise 1p (it soon adds up!). This works on
computers or smart-phones.
When choosing your Charity, we suggest you choose our “Kesgrave Church of England
Charity”, which means that funds
can be used for regular costs such as youth worker and parish administrator. If you choose instead the “Parish Trust” the money instead goes into a permanent endowment where only the interest can be used by All Saints.
If you use the web please give this a try- it’s so easy and every little makes a difference! Many thanks for
your
help.
For any enquiries about Give As You Live please contact John Wittgreffe
SUPPORTING THE FIND FOODBANK Food
donations for FIND can be made at participating East of England Co-ops, the large Waitrose branch at Futura Park, Crane Boulevard and at Sainsbury's Warren
Heath. Financial donations can be made via cheque: Please make cheques payable to FOOD BANK (FIND)
and post to FIND (Families in Need), P.O. Box 1029, Ipswich IP1 9XJ or by BACS to: Payee name: FOOD BANK FIND Sort code: 30-94-55 Account number: 54354468
Reference: please put either your name or All Saints
Kesgrave as they like to know
