Give it up! fundraising news
Throughout Lent we have asked people to give up something and donate the money they save or they raise to our Give it up! appeal. Here are some of the amazing ways young people have been raising money this Lent.
Year 9 students from St John Houghton Catholic school in Ilkeston are giving up at Nottingham Diocesan retreat centre, The Briars.
Inspired by the Give it up! DVD, they made they're own donation envelopes to keep at home.Each small group also decorated their own large bee poster with lists of things they're giving up for Lent. The money they raise will go to families living in poverty.
St Paul's Youth in Action, the parish youth group at St Paul's in Cantley, Doncaster spoke at Lent Fast Day masses in their parish and the diocesan youth mass in February. They made props such as a bicycle covered in sweet wrappers and a house covered in magazines to support the Give it up! short talks that they used during the homily slot, and were giving out collection envelopes and money boxes.
School children at St Thomas More primary school in Havant, Portsmouth had a volunteer visit them about Lent Fast Day, and were learning how by giving up sweets they could help provide bee keeping training for families in Uganda. The pupils have been making beehives in their Art classes, singing about bees in choir and have been fundraising for bees in Uganda.
For every £1 given to our Give it up! appeal this Lent, including Lent Fast Day, the government will donate another £1 – doubling your donation and changing even more lives |
884 million people do not have access to clean, safe water. Pray with us this Lent that waters may flow and injustice may be washed away. |
Help us turn the tide on water poverty. Join our Thirst for change campaign and ensure world leaders hear our call: taps and toilets for all. |
