Christian Aid

Caption L-R: Dean of St Anne’s Cathedral the Very Rev Stephen Forde; Christian Aid Ireland Chief Executive, Rosamond Bennett; and 1940s-style dancers Carrie Montgomery and Declan Allison: Credit Paul Faith, Press Eye

Charity hails unearthed church document mentioning early days of Christian Aid

Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal always works with trusted partners on the ground and Christian Aid is one of those main partners

CoI aid for victims of Asian earthquake

Rev Dr Houston McKelvey, OBE, Church of Ireland

Thought for the week: Do not be afraid, God is always with us

The headquarters of Christian Aid in central London

Christian Aid help produce 56-page booklet on 'queering the peace agenda'

Retired Ballycastle teacher Dibbie McCaughan (right) is taking part in Christian Aid’s new ‘70k in May’ fitness fundraising challenge by walking each day around the North Antrim town. Here she is pictured alongside her sister Olive McMullan (centre) and friend Moyna McCullough (left) who are both also completing their own 70k in May challenge for Christian Aid.

Christian Aid’s ‘70k in May runs until May 18.

Cunningham Memorial Presbyterian church, Cullybackey, Co Antrim Picture: Billy Maxwell

Irish Presbyterians to provide meaningful aid in Sierra Leone

£397,000 was given to help people displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine

Churches: Huge response to Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal

Christian Aid's Billy McAlpine outside Donard Church of Ireland in east Belfast

Veteran charity fundraiser still thinking of others after more than 50 years

BP and Shell’s results have sparked calls for the Government to take a tougher stance against the oil majors

Petrol and diesel prices in Northern Ireland fall to November 2021 levels

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People wait in a line for petrol at a filling station in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on Tuesday. Christian Aid is providing blankets, mattresses and heating fuel to families in the region, including Northwest Syria, where four million people already needed help due to the long conflict (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Letter: Christian Aid launches its emergency appeal for Turkey-Syria earthquake

St John's parish church, Glenavy, Co Antrim Pictures; Billy Maxwell

Christian Aid Ireland expresses appreciation to people in Northern Ireland

Castledawson Presbyterian Church, Co Londonderry. Picture: Billy Maxwell

Irish Presbyterian church's appeal for aid for Middle Eastern victims

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses delegates during the Cop27 summit

Letters: Praying for COP27 to deliver justice on climate crisis

A combine harvester collecting wheat near Novoazovsk outside Mariupol, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Grain ships have started leaving the war-torn country, providing a valuable boost to global food supplies

Ian Ellis: The vicious global circle of conflict and food insecurity

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Royal couple back the work of UK charities in Ukraine
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met charity workers as donations to the Ukraine humanitarian appeal now exceed £300m.
Billy Kennedy

A woman cries outside houses damaged by a Russian airstrike in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine.

Generous donations by Church of Ireland for Ukraine aid

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce pictured.

Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Presbyterian moderator launches appeal for Ukraine

Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell

Billy Kennedy on Churches: Support for victims in under siege Ukraine

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 4th March 2022

Volunteers and organisations in Belfast come together to organise the collection of donations for Ukrainian refugees following the invasion by Russia.

Volunteers Sally Clarke and her husband Ian help out at the collection point at Smokie Deli restaurant on Grand Parade in east Belfast.

Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Anti-war rally today as Ukraine aid efforts stepped up in NI

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, the Presbyterian moderator

Presbyterian appeal to congregations for urgent aid relief

Dean Stephen Forde

‘Black Santa’ charity provides help for hundreds of groups

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, Moderator, Presbyterian Church

Billy Kennedy on churches: Presbyterians seek generosity for its latest appeal

Rosamond Bennett, Christian Aid, with women in South Sudan

Christian Aid Ireland boss Rosamond Bennett

Members of St John’s Presbyterian Church in Newtownbreda who helped to raise more than £5,000 during Christian Aid Week. L-R, Johanna Shields, Clare Pollock, Janet Robinson, Donald Cairnduff, Jennifer Cairnduff, Louise Cooke, Lynn Orr, Billy Ferguson and Hilary McCourt.

South Belfast Presbyterians fundraising success

Suzanne Shepherd

Kenyan woman inspiration for Suzanne’s 75 km walking challenge

Christian Aid supporter Rachel McCormick holds her coronavirus vaccination card and a bar of soap to signify that soap and water remain among the few defences against infection for people in low-income countries until vaccines are made widely available

Gran raises awareness of ‘vaccine injustice’
A Garvagh grandmother is marking the moment she received her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to raise awareness that 4 out of 5 people living in developing countries are not due to be vaccinated this year.
Una Culkin

Presbyterian Moderator, Rev David Bruce

Moderator launches special festive appeal

No DIY haircuts for Fergusons as they help Christian Aid

The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who is chair of Christian Aid, when asked his verdict on the merger, said it was "incomprehensible"

Ian Ellis: The merger of the Department of International Development into the Fo...

Liz Hughes

Local churches donate £110,000 to charities

Oonagh Dalton (first left) received her award from Paula Hillman of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, watched on by Coleen Christie of Cullybackey Methodist Church.]

Cullybackey awarded ‘safe village’ title

Rev Dr Charles McMullen, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Cyclone Idai: Presbyterian Church launches special appeal

Flames consume a car dealership as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California, on Thursday, Nov 8, 2018.

Our climate change act turns 10 this week... and already it's too old

Presbyterians lend their support to women under threat in Brazil

Lucia Goster

Lucia rebuilds her life after devastating floods of 2014

Samuel Fred with his wife and the house where he keeps his goats in the village of Fombe

A gift of goats transforms life for Samuel

Stefano, chairman of the Civil Protection Committee with the dry bed of the Mthumba River behind

Rain gauge is first line of defence for villagers in Fombe

Twice the impact for Christmas Appeal

Local children from the Melo and Mbenje communities. Thanks to a Christian Aid-funded programme, which installed a water kiosk and irrigation projects, these children now have better opportunities in life. They can go to school every day, whereas before these projects, they often had to walk for miles to fetch water and could not attend school.

Facing the daily challenge '¨against a changing climate

Helen Newell (left) and Rosamond Bennett of Christian Aid Ireland with church representatives Canon Mark Niblock, Rt Rev Dr Frank Sellar, Fr Martin Magill, Rev Brian Anderson and Rev Richard Johnston at the launch of Christian Aid Week 2017

Christian Aid boss: My ambition is to make my job redundant

Rosamund Bennett pictured with children at an informal school in a Muslim camp in Myanmar

NI mother bringing lessons of our peace process to Colombia

Dorothy Coulter, Moira Martin and Maureen Mitchell celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversaries over the summer and were presented with Golden Anniversary Patio Roses.

Muckamore WI keep good company

Finance Minister MÃ¡irtÃn Ã“ Muilleoir with, from left, Deborah Doherty David Thomas Christian Aid and Caroline Knox of Christian Aid

Making progress on avery taxing issue

Fran Mary Santos Montiro endured years of abuse from her husband

Charity helps shed light on one of Brazil's dark secrets

Tax policies that suit corporations, not the global poor

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Councils take action on tax dodging

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