CENTENARY FUND

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Grants are still being awarded.
Next closing dates for applications:
31 May / 30 September 2008.

As part of our Centenary celebrations in 2005, it was decided to set up a fund to give thanks to God for the past 100 years of the life of the Diocese.

The Southwark Diocesan Centenary Fund has been set up by Bishop Tom to support work with children and young people throughout the Diocese. The Trustees have now awarded over £126,000 in grants:

1. Support for a youth trip to Tanzania in July 2006. The church has an existing relationship with the community in Tanzania and has worked on community projects there in the past. The church as a whole is involved in planning and fundraising for the trip and the Centenary Fund grant will be used to help those young people for whom the individual fundraising is most difficult.
2. Support for a weekend residential retreat for a church youth group in October 2006. This annual weekend has been built up over the last five years and in 2006 the residential will involve about 40 children plus up to 20 disabled children from the local area.
3. Re-decoration of a church room for an existing teenage group to meet in.
4. Support to enable the continuation and expansion of a weekly service for the under 5s from the surrounding community.
5. Support for a growing annual “celebration weekend” for young people over the next 3 years. The celebration weekend has been part of this church’s youth ministry since 2000 and the numbers attending are increasing year on year.
6. Seed money to develop an outreach programme for families with young children on estates in a parish. This funding provides the start up costs of a pilot project that will be evaluated at the end of 2006.
7. Funds to develop a week long summer play scheme that aims to build relationships between ‘churched’ and ‘unchurched’ families.
8. Support for a community group that is working with disadvantaged children. The aim is to build up the 5-aside football teams and the funding will cover both staff and equipment costs for a 3 month pilot scheme.
9. Support for an exhibition aimed at primary aged children which tells of the life of Jesus. This will be seen by up to 2,000 children from local schools.

More grants will be awarded in 2008 and the remaining deadlines for applications are 31 May & 30 September.

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Download appeal leaflet and donation form (120KB pdf)

Applying for grants:

Guidelines: Word document PDF document

Application Form: Word document PDF document

Fundraising by the trustees will target a number of sources including local businesses, city institutions, grant giving organisations as well as parishes throughout the Diocese. All applications for grants will be assessed by the Grants Committee, which is chaired by Bishop Nick.

Roadshows

Initial publicity was through a series of road shows, one in each archdeaconry. These road shows aimed to give parishes the opportunity to hear about current work with young people and to share their visions for the future. It is hoped that they will develop enthusiasm for both the fund and for its potential benefits for our young people.

The aim of the fund is:

'To benefit the community and to advance the Christian faith by the provision of grants, in particular but not exclusively, to assist the local church and local mission by supporting projects in parishes and their communities, Areas and Deaneries, which encourage children and young people to be part of a life of faith, through nurturing the development of existing work, and enabling innovative and creative new work.'

The Trustees of the Centenary Fund are:

The Rt Rev. Dr Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark
The Ven. Stephen Roberts, Archdeacon of Wandsworth
John Kempsell, Chairman of the Board of Finance
Barbara Lane, Director of the Board of Education
Simon Parton, Diocesan Secretary
Catriona Robertson
Adrian Mezzetti
Beverly Fraser
Ken Deller
Faith Boardman

Southwark Diocesan Centenary Fund
Administrator:  Mrs Jackie Pontin
                        Trinity House
                        4 Chapel Court
                        Borough High Street
                        London SE1 1HW
                        Tel: 07957 556925
                        E-mail: jackie.pontin@southwark.anglican.org

Registered Charity No. 1104477

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