Charities and Fund Raising

Charitable Giving

It is the policy of St Dunstan's Church, to give a significant proportion of its income to charity each year. A five figure amount was donated last year to a variety of deserving causes, local, national and overseas, and to charities having no direct link with the church as well as those that do. Charities chosen to benefit this year were:

• Parents and Children Together (PACT)
• Iain Rennie Hospice at Home
• The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG)
• The Church Housing Trust
• St Luke's Hospital for Clergy
• The Historic Churches Preservation Trust
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• Muheza Hospital, Tanzania
• St Botolph's Project - Centre For The Homeless
• Risborough Cares
• Chernobyl Children's Lifeline
• Southcourt Community Project
• Lighthouse
• Bucks Clergy Trust

Hody's Charity

This charity, of which the Rector and Churchwardens of St Dunstan's are Trustees, is in the gift of the parish and is established for the purpose of providing assistance towards the cost of further education. Grants are available for a maximum of three years and applicants must be under 21 years of age, at the time of their first application.

Application forms are available from the notice board in the church porch. Completed forms should be handed to one of the Churchwardens.

The Social Committee

The Social Committee meets once a month to plan social and fundraising events for St Dunstan's Church.