Every Sunday morning service there are two collections. The plate is to support the work of this chaplaincy but the bag is for charitable giving. A committee formed from members of the congregation decides how to distribute these funds and welcomes ideas from the entire congregation. Our policy is to support a wide range of charities with special emphasis on local needs or those in which members of the congregation have a personal interest. Several organizations are supported on an annual basis but most are one-off donations. Since we are not in a position to provide large amounts of money we try to support charities where our donation will make a real difference rather than very big organizations.
If you would like to make a contribution to the charitable giving fund the account is ABN-AMRO 57-97-02-960 {in the name of ('t.n.v.') Holy Trinity Church in ('te') Utrecht mentioning, your name (unless you wish to remain anomymous) and if appropriate, a specific cause in the description ('omschrijving')}.
Annual Report 2010
Once again the congregation has given generously throughout the year in the blue bags at every service. During 2010 we have again been able to make many donations to the charities that we regularly support and to several other good causes both near to home and in the developing world, namely:
Schiphol Airport Ministry
Stiltecentrum Utrecht
Telephonische Hulp Dienst Utrecht
CU for International students, Utrecht
OMDUW (Homeless in Utrecht)
Poppy Appeal
Gadra (both the general fund and a specific project)
ZOA – Sudan (where Simon Manning is now working)
Sith Sevana in Sri Lanka (visited by Susan v d Werff and Priya Mobach)
Children in Sri Lanka (organised by Priya Mobach)
Kigama school feeding program in Kenya(associated with Priscila Rodriguez)
Emmanuel Day Care Center in Capetown (associated with Anne Miechielsen)
Braille without borders (both a school for the blind in Tibet and a training center in India)
SOS kinderdorp in Rafa in Gaza
Tamar center Thailand
Microcredit projects (via Cordaid)
Colibri – preschools in Peru
Special collections have also been held this year to support:
Victims of the earthquake in Haiti
Bishops Lent Appeal (supporting health, education and development in Myanmar, Burma)
Schooling for children in Zimbabwe (in celebration of Tendai Mugwabwa receiving her doctorate)
Girls education in Afghanistan (in celebration of Chiseche Mibenge receiving her doctorate)
Victims of the earthquake in Tibet
Victims of the flooding in Pakistan
Bishops Advent Appeal (supporting long term aid to Haiti in the form of rebuilding a diocesan school and also supporting Anglican refugees from Sudan living in Finland)
Vereniging 'Ouders, Kinderen en Kanker' – a local charity supporting families with a child with cancer
Members of the congregation are encouraged to suggest good causes for future donations by means of the blue box in the church entrance porch.
Sheila for the Charitable Giving Committee
Annual Report 2009
Once again the congregation has given generously throughout the year in the blue bags at every service. During 2009 we have been able to
make many donations to the charities that we regularly support and to several other good causes both near to home and in the developing
world, namely:
Schiphol Airport Ministry
Stiltecentrum Utrecht
Telephonische Hulp Dienst Utrecht
CU for International students, Utrecht
OMDUW (Homeless in Utrecht)
Sith Sevana in Sri Lanka (visited by Susan v d Werff and Priya
Mobach)
Children in Sri Lanka (organised by Priya Mobach)
Kerk in Nood (Gaza)
Gadra
Tear Fund
Zending over Grenzen
Braille zonder grenzen
Tamar center Thailand
3xM evangelie in beeld
Stiching Kind in Malawi
Sudanese Gospel Mission
Church
Naomi (Sisters in Leipzig helping immigrants to settle)
Cancer- KWF
Open Doors
Poppy Appeal
Special
collections have also been held this year for Bishops Lent Appeal (supporting Thandanani) , Bishops Advent Appeal (supporting Childaid),
Stichting Dienstverlening aan Buitenlanders (SDB), Cordaid ( draught in Horn of Africa), Luweero and Tear, Zoa, Woord + Daad (SE Asia)
Members of the congregation are encouraged to suggest good causes for future donations by means of the blue box in the church entrance porch.
Sheila for the Charitable Giving Committee
Annual Report 2008
Once again the congregation has given generously throughout the year in the blue bags at every service. During 2008 we have been able to make many donations to the charities that we regularly support and to several other good causes both near to home and in the developing world, namely:
Schiphol Airport Ministry
Stiltecentrum Utrecht
Telephonische Hulp Dienst Utrecht
CU for International students, Utrecht
Noodfonds Asielzoekers en Vluchtelingen, Utrecht
OMDUW (Homeless in Utrecht)
Stichting Bijzonder Schuitje – helping austistic children
Cordaad (formerly Zusters Augustinessen)
Braille without Borders
Aids lessons - Anglican college Tanzania
Food packets in a South African township
Food packets in Zimbabwe – (Tendai Mugwagwa’s sister's village)
Gadra, SA - training for handymen
Poppy Appeal (Haig Fund)
Special collections have also been held this year for Aids Fonds, Bishops Advent Appeal (supporting widows and a children’s hostel in India), Burma (affected by the cyclone), Christian Aid, Cordaid , Bishops Lent Appeal (Water Action Ethiopia) and Noodhulp Congo.
The Charitable Giving Committee