As a Church, we send several hundred shoeboxes to Blythswood Care every year.  In 2023 our Church sent 411 filled shoeboxes to them.  Our shoeboxes were collected on 23rd October. In the last thirty years the charity has distributed more than 2.5 million boxes – each one different, each one personal, each one an expression of the care and kindness shown to a stranger in need.

Filled with small practical items such as toiletries, stationery and clothing, the individually-wrapped boxes are distributed in schools, hospitals, orphanages, care homes and to households in very low income communities. Last year many shoeboxes went to people affected by the war in Ukraine.

See Margo (pictured below) for more details of this year's shoebox appeal. NO more contributions needed until February 2025. Thank you for your support.

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A Charity lunch in the Church Hall on Friday 11th October raised a very generous £537.50 for the appeal.  Forty people tucked into home made soup, a roast beef lunch and banoffee trifle followed by tea or coffee.  A big thank you to Frinton Road Butchers for providing the meat and to the chef, our Minister Chris (pictured below) and his wonderful team of volunteers.

Your gift truly makes a difference.

The Foodbank need the following items:

The Foodbank currently has plenty of the following:

Baked Beans, Soup, Pasta, Rice, Cereal

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