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Christian Aid Week will take place this year between May 11-16

It will begin in Dorchester with an ecumenical service at St. George’s on May 11, in the presence of the mayor, Councillor Robin Potter. Everyone is welcome.

We are looking for volunteers to help across hourly slots for our collection in South Street on Friday, 16 May. We are also looking for volunteers for house-to-house collections, asking them to ‘Try for Ten’ – visiting ten houses only in their locality. Of course, if people would like to collect from more houses, that would be very welcome!

Donations can be made at Christian Aid Week; but if you would like to support something more local, do please consider sponsoring Tony McDougal, who will be walking 80km along the Dorset Jubillee trail, to celebrate 80 years of Christian Aid.

More events for Christian Aid Week will be held later in the year with both the Joint Market and the Walk to the River Jordan taking place in the autumn.

If you would like to help or need further information please contact Tony Boyden: email ‘Christian Aid Contact’ (using the UCD Contact Form).

Dorford Baptist Church is running a CAP money course to help people who may be struggling with their finances. The local course provides very practical support on how to manage money and budgeting, and offers a £20 Co-op voucher for attendees living in DT1/DT2 postcodes, or working for NHS.  

The course will be run on Tuesday, 13th May, from 2.00 – 5.00pm; there may also be another course on Saturday, 21 June if you can't make this date.

For further details or to book on the course contact the Dorford Centre: 01305 262045; or see the Dorford website for more info.

It is now some time since Traidcraft went into administration. However, a limited number of their own brand products have been re-launched by Transform Trade, including tea bags, greetings cards and toilet rolls. 

The United Church remains committed to Fair Trade. We have recently been awarded our Fairtrade Place of Worship certificate and we continue to use Fair Trade tea and coffee at church events. The Church shop stocks many Fair Trade items, including Divine chocolate, cocoa, coffee, peanut butter, honey, Fair Trade cards and gifts from Shared Earth.

Thank you for your support.