How Audrey’s generosity has impacted the lives of hundreds if not thousands of people around the world. The choices we make in life and what happens after our death can have incredible significance. When the Bishops’ Appeal advisory committee heard that Audrey – a widow from the south west of Dublin – had left a very…
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How our partners, The Leprosy Mission, are working in the community in Bangladesh Crossing Rivers, Saving Futures: How Community Outreach in Bangladesh Prevented Disability and Restored Dignity – Nur Nabi’s Story In Bhola, Bangladesh’s largest island district, rivers are both lifelines and barriers. A visit to a government health facility often means crossing rivers, paying…
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Providing food and water for 7,300 young people in South Sudan The Pancakes & Prayer Lent Campaign is back for 2026! Last year, Bishops’ Appeal and the Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) partnered with Fields of Life and with youth groups across Ireland, prayed, and fundraised an incredible £8,300/€9,500. You supported 3,926 young people in…
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The Church of Ireland’s Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development and the Board for Ministry with Children and Families are delighted to announce that £4,164 (equivalent to €4,796) has been raised through their Advent fundraising campaign – Generosity & Gingerbread – to help SAMS Ireland in its work to make life better for homeless people in Chile…
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Young people who took part in Pancakes and Prayer in Lent to provide food for school children in South Sudan raised enough funds to feed almost 4,000 children, as this thank you video shows. We’re delighted to share the gratitude shared on their behalf by Bishop Moses Zungo.
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This Advent and Christmas season we invite you to join “Gingerbread and Generosity: Houses of Hope”, a new seasonal initiative created in partnership with SAMS Ireland, the Bishops’ Appeal, and the Board for Ministry with Children and Families (BCFM). During the Advent and Christmas season, we are looking forward to celebrating the birth of…
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Alec Deane from North Argentina reports on how a project grant from Bishops’ Appeal has made a difference to the indigenous people he works with.
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Success for Pancakes and Prayer Lent initiative! The total raised by the Pancakes and Prayer Lent project has brought in enough money to feed almost 4,000 children in South Sudan for the next year. The project, run by the Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) and the Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development, encouraged…
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September 2025 Update. Young people in the Church of Ireland feed 3,296 children in South Sudan as a result of the Pancakes and Prayer Lent initiative The total raised by the Pancakes and Prayer Lent project has brought in enough to feed 3296 children in South Sudan for the next year. The project run by…
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Support provided for Tearfund & Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem The Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore’s special collection to support humanitarian relief in Gaza and the wider Middle East has reached £28,065.91, up from £10,000 received by the end of July. Bishop David McClay has encouraged every parish in the diocese to give…
