Preventing disability and restoring dignity in Bangladesh

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…

Pancakes & Prayer aims higher for Lent 2026

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…

A cityscape in Brazil, where the Safe House project gives girls new hope for the future.  Photo credit: SAMS Ireland.

Gingerbread & Generosity raises over £4,000 (€4,700) to help people in need in South America

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…

Students at Haddow Primary School, in the Diocese of Maridi, which is supported by the Fields of Life programme. Photo Credit: Fields of Life

Young people in the Church of Ireland feed 3,980 children in South Sudan

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…

Church of Ireland diocese raises over £28,000 for the Middle East

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…

This year's General Synod Service at St David's, Naas.

General Synod service raises €2,200 / £1,850 for Bishops’ Appeal

The collection for the Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development at the General Synod Service of Holy Communion in St David’s Church, Naas, on Friday, 9th May, came to €2,200 (equivalent to £1,850). Many members and guests at General Synod took home sunflower seeds from the Bishops’ Appeal stand to remind them of the…

Enjoying the work on display in Dunluce. Photo: David Johnston.

Art lovers flock to Dunluce as exhibition raises £3,350 for Bishops’ Appeal

Hundreds of art-lovers have enjoyed their visit to Dunluce Parish Art & Photography Exhibition in recent weeks.  The annual Bushmills event was as popular as ever, with locals and visitors alike appreciating the talents of artists and photographers from across Northern Ireland. Organisers were delighted with the quality and range of works on display and…

Church of Ireland archbishops call for decisive action on Gaza

The following statement on the current situation in Gaza has been issued by Archbishop John McDowell and Archbishop Michael Jackson: It is with outrage that we watch the desperation, dislocation, and defenceless resident population of Gaza who feel they have been abandoned by the world. The international community must grasp reality and respond as never…