CAFOD IN HALLAM
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CAFOD in Hallam are based in the offices at St William of
York Church, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield S11 8TL. Our aim is to promote CAFOD’s
work across the Diocese and enable the Catholic Community to become more closely
involved with CAFOD’s work.
Our team of staff and volunteers are ready to help with fundraising ideas,
information and analysis, resources for parishes and schools, campaigning
insights and expertise, and with speaking at Mass or other organised events.
THE DIOCESAN TEAM
Steve Chapman is the Diocesan Manager, organising and co-ordinating CAFOD's work
in the diocese. Angela Powell is the CAFOD Diocesan Officer who supports the
volunteers and manages the CAFOD office. The CAFOD team work closely with a
network of parish and school volunteers and other local groups such as the
Justice & Peace Commission, the Trade Justice Movement and Fair Trade networks.
CAFOD is always eager to work with groups promoting social justice for the poor
in witness to Christian faith, guided by Gospel values and the Church’s social
teaching.
Hallam Core Team: Tony Singleton, Angela Wood, Pat Battams, Sheilagh
Preston, Charlie Withall, Maria Kenyon and John Green work with Steve and Angela
to plan and promote CAFOD’s work in Hallam Diocese. Currently we are focussing
on CAFOD’s Unearth Justice campaign. CAFOD believes our natural wealth must be
shared responsibly, for the common good. Unearth Justice will press for this,
complementing our continued work to drop the debt and win trade justice. It’s a
bitter paradox that developing countries rich in natural resources such as oil,
gas and precious metal are often those with the worst records on reducing
poverty. Poor communities are not able to benefit from the wealth they are
surrounded by; governments and the multinational companies that extract
resources are often unaccountable, and local people have no say in how resources
are used. This denial of people’s rights is compounded by decline in other
parts of the economy, environmental damage, polluted water, air and soil,
migration and conflict.
Hallam Schools Team: Charlie Withall, Sheilagh Preston, John Green, Ann
Peacey, Jan Royan and Tim Kilbride work in our schools. They help children and
young people understand the issues surrounding CAFOD's work, raising awareness
of global justice and the issues which trap people in poverty.
If you would like to offer some of your time to work on behalf of the poor by
helping CAFOD, either in your parish or as part of the diocesan team, we would
like to hear from you.
Please contact us by phone on 0114 2687817 or email us at:
hallam@cafod.org.uk.
If you can only give a little time, then you could help publicise events in your
church.
If you have more time, then why not become a Parish Contact?
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Parish Contacts play a vital role. The job can be as demanding or as easy as you
choose to make it - and you can share the workload with a group of other
volunteers in the parish.
Parish Contacts agree to undertake one or more tasks, including:
Supporting Fast Days and other fundraising activity
Encouraging effective Emergency Responses
Promoting campaigns within the parish enabling parishioners to support CAFOD
campaigns via postcard signing or writing to local MP’s to encourage change.
WHAT CAFOD CAN OFFER
Staff and volunteers can provide you with a great range of materials and support
for your parish or school.
We can supply: Worship resources such as planning pilgrimages, Confirmation,
liturgies, vigils, Advent and Carol Services
Display materials, posters, prayer cards, PowerPoint presentations, envelopes
and collection buckets for fundraising
Sponsorship forms for fundraising events like May Day Walk, Great North Run or
the London Marathon.
Materials for promoting legacies to CAFOD
Ideas for holding CAFOD evenings for supporters to hear a visiting speaker -
perhaps one of CAFOD’s overseas partners will speak of their own experience in
working with CAFOD, or a volunteer or staff member
EVENTS
For information about any of the events listed below, please contact the Hallam
office on 0114 2687817 or email
hallam@cafod.org.uk.
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MAY DAY TREK 2007
Please consider supporting the CAFOD and Christian Aid sponsored walk on MONDAY 7th MAY; Bishop John will start the Trek with an opening prayer will lead CAFOD supporters on their chosen 5, 10, or 15 mile walk around the picturesque Redmires and Rivelin Reservoirs. The sponsored walk is fun and a great opportunity to get together to enjoy the beauty of Sheffield's surrounding countryside and to walk in solidarity with the poorest communities in the developing world. This year we are hoping to have representatives from all parishes across the diocese, please do consider joining us. If you are unable to take part in the walk yourself why not sponsor a member of your parish? REMEMBER EVERY STEP WE TAKE TOGETHER IS A STEP FORWARD IN CAFOD'S AIM TO ELIMINATE POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Please help us to continue our vital, long-term development work. WALK DETAILS Start and finish The walk starts and ends at St Luke's Church, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. Register Between 9.45 am and 10.30 am at St Luke's Church. You can set off on the walk between 10.00 am and 10.40 am. Trek Guide Walk guides will be available on the day and the walk is fully covered by stewards. REGISTRATION & SPONSORSHIP Registration and Sponsor Forms may be obtained in advance by contacting Angela Powell at the CAFOD Diocesan Office on 0114 2687817 or email hallam@cafod.org.uk. You can choose your preferred route on the day of the walk. |
SATURDAY 3RD MARCH - 12:45 - 3pm - CENTRAL UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
You are invited to join S.H.I.F.T (Sheffield Initiative for Fairtrade ) to meet Conrad James - a Fairtrade producer from St Lucia. Plus there will be prize giving for the Fairtrade poster competition with the Lord Mayor of Sheffield - Central United Reformed Church
12.45 to 3.00pm Saturday March 3rd. Prizes generously sponsored by the Co-op.