As an important part of the local community, we set aside part of our budget to donate to charities both in Cyprus and overseas.  The charities are nominated by members of the congregation and reviewed by an outreach committee before being submitted to the PCC for authorisation.

To find out more about any of the charities below, please click on the images and links.

The charities benefiting in 2022 are:

As a church community, we regularly tithe to local and international charities nominated by members of our churches.  Each nominated charity is discussed and the donations agreed at Council meetings.

LOCAL

Cyprus Autism Association

A Limassol Care centre near St Barnabas

 

 

The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends

Their mission is ‘the improvement and safeguarding of the quality of life of cancer patients and their families’.

KISA

Established as an NGO in 1998, KISA‘s vision is the promotion of an all-inclusive, multicultural society, free of racism, xenophobia and discrimination and where, through the interaction and mutual respect of diverse cultures, there will be equality and respect for the rights of all, irrespective of race, nationality or ethnicity, colour, creed or beliefs, gender, sexual preference or orientation, age, inability or any other diversity.

Riding for the Disabled, Episkopi

Among the many activities going on in the Western Sovereign Base Area throughout the year are the pony rides given at the Episkopi Saddle Club in Happy Valley for disabled children and young people and adults from the local communities. Over the years, these rides have become a highlight of the riders’ week when they can enjoy the sensation of horse riding for half an hour. Most of the riders, whose ages range from 4 to mid 50s, have physical and/or mental disabilities that in some cases confines them to a wheelchair, or affects their mobility so severely that they are unable to walk or stand without assistance. Nevertheless, when mounted on a horse, their bodies seem to relax and enable them to adopt a more balanced and controlled posture. This relaxation also produces smiles and sounds of joy from the youngsters, whose disabilities have denied them much of the fun and enjoyment they should have had in their lives.

‘We walk with the poor of any race or religion’

OVERSEAS

   No child in war

  Ukraine and the Turkey / Syrian Earthquake Appeal

We also host Table Top Sales on the first Saturday of each month, except January and August when it is very hot.

At Christmas each year, in collaboration with the Mission to Seafarers, we collect items to make up Christmas boxes for visiting seaman who may be far from home and who may not have been able to go home for many months. 

Food and other essential supplies are collected and stored for distribution to people in need, and there are several community events throughout the year – an important and popular one being the Christmas Fayre.