Churches Together in Southwell
Southwell Christian Aid Committee
Christian Aid
Christian Aid Week and its 80th Anniversary
Thank you to all those who supported and contributed to Christian Aid Week, from 11-17 May 2025. This year, Christian Aid which is marking its 80th anniversary focused its flagship appeal on work in Guatemala, in Central America, where climate change is causing the seasons to intensify and shift erratically.
As a result, farming communities have to battle severe floods and, more recently, ferocious heatwaves. Water sources are drying up and vital crops are failing, plunging farming families into hunger and poverty.
The total amount raised by the local community towards this appeal will be published in due course.
Christian Aid was founded in 1945 by British and Irish churches in response to the refugee crisis following World War II, aiming to support those in need regardless of faith or nationality. Over the past 80 years, it has grown into a global development organization, committed to ending poverty, fighting injustice, and supporting sustainable change in communities worldwide and fostering sustainable change across the world and to help create the Fairtrade movement.
On 12 June 2025, a special service was held at Westminster Abbey to commemorate Christian Aid’s 80th anniversary. The Service of Thanksgiving and Reflection brought together supporters, faith leaders, and partners to honour the charity’s legacy and ongoing mission. The ceremony featured readings from Scripture, music by the Kingdom Choir and Westminster Abbey Choir, and a sermon by Rev Dr Jerry Pillay of the World Council of Churches. A highlight was a procession of placards representing Christian Aid’s historic campaigns, followed by an Act of Recommitment, renewing the call to justice, solidarity, and hope.
Jean Jackson represented Churches Together of Southwell at the service.
https://fundraise.christianaid.org.uk/envelope-2025/southwellca
