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50 Years of Bishops’ Appeal Video

You can download the video for showing in your context here  You can also access the vimeo here We are so grateful for 50 years of partnership and support made possible through the generosity of Church of Ireland donors. Thank you to all those who contributed to the video and all those we would love […]

Bishops’ Appeal Launches Ukraine Appeal

Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal Responds to Ukraine Crisis  Support for refugees channelled through Habitat for Humanity & Christian Aid   The Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development has committed €10,000 (£8,300) from its emergency funds to assist with the humanitarian response to the current crisis in Ukraine.  Bishops’ Appeal is […]

Bishops’ Appeal Lent Resources 2022

Here, the ‘What’s in your hand’ children’s resource is specially designed for the Down and Dromore Lent Appeal which sees Bishop David and a team from the diocese partner with Bishops’ Appeal and cycle 350 miles around the diocese to raise vital funds for two projects – Christian Aid in Honduras and Tearfund in Jordan. […]

Advent Newsletter 2021

Bishops’ Appeal Advent Newsletter Here we highlight some of the vital work Bishops’ Appeal has funded over the past year and the potential for even more good work to be achieved, with your help, in 2022. The newsletter highlights relief work began in 2020 and then continued on into 2021, where longer term supports were […]

Limerick and Killaloe Mission Sunday Diocesan Link Project

Here you will find everything you need to know about the Limerick and Killaloe Mission Sunday Focus, which is being directed towards the work of Bishops’ Appeal.  Together, we are funding a Christian Aid project in Southern Ethiopia. Mission Sunday Poster: Limerick and Killaloe Mission Sunday Focus Mission Sunday Video: Mission Sunday Video Supporting Bishops’ […]

Bishops’ Appeal Funding Allocations June – September 2021

Thank you to everyone who responded so generously to our Covid Appeal and to our India Appeal and now to our Haiti Appeal.  We have allocated thousands over the past three months to programmes targeting extreme hunger as a result of Covid, or returns to school for the most vulnerable girls in communities in the […]

Bishops’ Appeal Supports Partner Agency Responses in Haiti

On Saturday 14 August, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti at Les Cayes, 75 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince. On Tuesday 16 August, Tropical Storm Grace hit Haiti, triggering flooding and mudslides complicating rescue efforts. Oxelia, a resident of Corail, was at home when the earthquake hit. “We screamed and ran outside into the […]

Bishops’ Appeal Emergency Covid Response in India

The Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal has released €10,000 (equivalent to around £8,600) in emergency funding to support two frontline agencies responding to India’s second coronavirus wave: Asha, a Christian charity working in communities in Delhi; and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Donations in support of this appeal can be made online or by post using the […]