We want everyone to be involved. It’s an important value, and as part of the church family and the body of Christ we invite everyone to give their time, gifts and money to the church and its ministry here in Brentford.

The Parish and its ministry rely on income, which comprises of your financial gifts and income from hirers who use our buildings. It currently costs us about £4000 a week to do all that we do. We don’t receive any money from the Church of England; in fact we pay them each year! This year we are paying them £85,200 but when we have had an Associate that goes up to over £100K.

We don’t just want you to give to support the ministry of our Parish, but because you believe it’s an important part of your faith….

HOW YOU CAN GIVE

Through the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS)

The PGS is a simple way for you to give to the parish that gives you easy control over how and what you give. You can also choose to give anonymously and to increase your giving annually in line with inflation if you would prefer.

There are several ways to set up a regular gift:

• Online: Visit PGS Online and set up your giving account and direct debit.
• Phone: Call the PGS Telephone Service on 0333 002 1271. The PGS code for the Parish of Brentford is 230623226.
• Post: Print and fill out a PGS Gift form and post it to The Parish Giving Scheme, 76, Kingsholm Road, Gloucester GL1 3BD

For more information about why and how to give using PGS please click here.

BACS transfer
For a one off gift please use the following bank account details:

Payee Name: St Paul’s Parish Centre
A/c Number: 60982261
Sort code: 20-72-33
Bank: Barclays Bank

By Card
By credit/debit card via Church Suite.

Collection plate offerings
Placing cash (currency notes/coins) or cheques for ‘St Paul’s Parish Centre’ in the collection plate passed around during services.

Contactless payment by credit/debit card using the VISA contactless kit placed at the back of St Paul’s Church.

N.B. Individual donations in cash or by contactless payments up to a limit of £30 are eligible for Gift Aid; if you wish to put in an amount in excess of £30 and are a UK taxpayer please use the yellow envelopes/gift aid forms so that we can claim gift aid on your donation.

By shopping via EasyFundraising
Did you know you can support the Parish of Brentford by raising money every time you shop online at no additional cost to you?

We’ve partnered with Easyfundraising, a free fundraising platform that allows us to earn money when we shop online. Easyfundraising works with over 7,000 online brands, including Morrison’s, Iceland, eBay, JD Sports, M&S, The Range, RAC, Just Eat, Booking.com, PetsAtHome…..

All you need to do is sign up here and then start your shopping journey at the Easyfundraising website, use the donation reminder or app (information will be provided when you register) and the retailer you shop with will send us a donation based on how much you spend.

HOW IS THE MONEY I GIVE SPENT?

Our annual budget is just over £300,000 the money you give is spent on:

• Mission – Alpha, Youth, Schools and lots more.
• The costs of Clergy and Diocesan support for the parish.
• The cost of our Youth & Children’s apprentice time and training.
• Maintaining, running and developing our buildings.
• The costs of administration for weddings, baptisms and funerals, as well as managing finances and communication.
• Community Groups.
• Maintaining and developing the prayer and worship of the church.
• Helping others by giving to our mission partners. We aim to give 10% of or our regular giving (approximately £8000) to support our four main mission partners in the UK and around the world.

GLOBAL AND LOCAL MISSION PARTNERS

Our local mission partners
Cross light Advice – a charity working to combat poverty and hardship caused by the burden of unmanageable debt and lack of financial capability.

The Shelter Project Hounslow – a joint churches initiative in Hounslow running winter night shelters for homeless men in the coldest months.

Our global mission partners

TearFund – working in the poorest countries and communities in the world to see them lift themselves out of poverty (we are particularly linked with their work in Eastern Uganda).

Church Mission Society – supporting Heather Johnstone in Tanzania who manages a project supporting women and children in crisis – who don’t have food, clothing, or shelter.

This fund was started after the young boy Josie died of malaria as his mother had no money for his medical treatment. There is no luxury of free medical treatment in Tanzania unless the patient has Aids or TB, and even then sometimes the medicines are not free. The funds will be used to help disadvantaged women and children, pay for emergencies when they fall ill.