Outreach at Lion Walk Church is about raising awareness of human need and supporting community projects worldwide. We regularly support projects in our local community and across the world, with funds raised from our lunchtime concerts and from donations from members.
In 2023, we raised a total of £8,377 for Commitment for Life, for Christian Aid partners’ work in Bangladesh. A total of £469.69 was raised at our Christmas Services: this was donated to Colchester Emergency Night Shelter (CENS).
Every year, we support one or two ‘focus charities’, we also donate smaller sums of money to local and smaller charities as well as the larger international charities and emergency appeals. Our current focus charity is Beacon House Ministries, which is a Colchester charity. Please click on the link below for more information.
Focus Charity 2024/2025
Charities Supported in January 2025
Charities Supported in September 2024
- Appeal for the Presbyterian Church in Myanmar
- Namibia-Aid (Catherine Bullen Foundation)
- friendsofstjosephskids
- lepra
- The Gurkha Welfare Trust
- UK-Aid Felsted
Focus Charities 2023/2024
Charities Supported in June 2024
Charities Supported in February 2024
- Green Christian
- Open Road Visions (Colchester SOS bus)
- Mary’s Meals
- Practical Action
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
- Christian Aid – Middle East Crisis Appeal
Charities supported in May 2023 (Total £1300)
- Colchester Foodbank
- Music in Our Bones
- Zambia Orphans Aid UK
- CBM (Christian Blind Mission)
- Eastern Synod Zimbabwe Partnership
Charities supported in February 2023 (total £3500)
- Colchester Food Bank
- Five Talents
- Sand Dams Worldwide
- Tools for Self Reliance
- Korban
- Ethiopiaid
- Midmay Transforming Lives
- Amnesty International
- Integration Through Language
- Christian Aid Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal
Affiliations:
Amnesty International – we have having regular presence at their conferences and support activities, such as card signing around Christmas-time.