If you
are in debt, please seek help: The Suffolk Coastal Debt Centre now has a
dedicated section of the SKC website: https://www.skc.church/cap
SKC
stands for the Benefice of Saxmundham with Kelsale cum Carlton
and CAP stands for Christians Against Poverty.
There is
a free phoneline: if you are weighed down by debt call FREE on
0800 328 0006 or find us atcapdebthelp.org.
There are
also other organisations like Stepchange and the CAB: Citizens Advice Bureau:
although they cannot give you financial aid, they can often do a great deal to
reduce the harassment that debt attracts and negotiate or stop ever-increasing
demands for repayment.
DON'T SIT
IN SILENCE - SEEK HELP
GIVING:
From
the Book of Common Prayer: "Be merciful after thy power. If thou
hast much, give plenteously; if thou hast little do thy diligence gladly to
give of that little; for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of
necessity"
This year
our share of the Parish Share is over £52,000 and this is on top of the finance
needed to actually run the church, pay for ecclesiastical insurance, energy
costs, admin, music, the website etc; if you are able to, please review your
giving to enable us to go on serving the community.
All methods of giving remain available:
1) BACS payments: if you would like to make a BACS payment, please contact Sally Wainman(Local Giving Advisor)
2) Gift Aid: Increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to yourself!
If you are eligible for Gift Aid please pick up a form from the church or print one off and send or give it to me. (You must pay the equivalent amount in UK Tax for anything that you gift)
We
welcome donations in any form but a monthly direct debit is amongst the most
helpful because it brings stability to the finances and helps us to plan ahead.
It
incorporates two voluntary "opt-ins": ticking the box for Gift
Aid and/or ticking the box for something called Inflationary Giving,
which simply means a small voluntary increase once a year. You receive
annual notice of this and can always decline the increase.
The
Scheme is run centrally in Gloucester, but you have control over your own
account and can also increase or decrease the commitment.
The details
you need are as follows:
Parish:
Kesgrave All Saints
Diocese:
St Eds and Ips Diocese
Parish
Reference: 330633093 (this ensures your donation goes
to the right parish!)
If you buy goods or services online, please look into signing up for
Give-As-You-Live. It makes 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.
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
