Mission
We support and partner with a number of organisations to serve others locally, nationally and globally. 10% of our annual freewill donations are given to our chosen world mission partners.
Monthly Mission Focus
*
Monthly Mission Focus *
Yala Widows & Orphans Support Project YAWOSUP
YAWOSUP is headed up by Edward Wata and operates in rural Western Kenya, focused on community development work to improve education, health, farming and housing for local residents, both young and old. A partial orphan himself, Edward recalls early life as a constant struggle as his mother often turned to kind neighbours to ensure they had something to eat. So he has dedicated his life to helping others.
Malcolm Leighton, SGSG Churchwarden and Trustee for the charity, first met Edward in 2004 during Malcolm’s first visit to Kenya. As our Mission Partner, YAWOSUP continues to receive a World Mission Grant to fund a number of Community Development Projects, more recently including:
Establishing local groups of Widows (300 in total) to learn how to support each other. Picture shows Table Banking in progress - they choose how to support each other financially month by month.
The Feeding Programme - In order to tackle food scarcity, YAWOSUP rents land to grow food crops – YAWOSUP provides the Farm Inputs, and the Widows provide the workforce – to cover those times when the yield from their own subsistence farming activity is insufficient to feed their families.
Provision of quality education at Barbara Leighton Academy – a nursery and primary school with up to 120 pupils, now expanding to establish a Junior Secondary School. Rehema Trust – a UK registered charity – continues to support the school and its development to secure Barbara’s legacy, including the vital feeding programme.
To find out more about YAWOSUP you can email malcolm.leighton@ntlworld.com or visit the web site here.
Alternatives Trust is based in Newham, East London, providing counselling related to unintended pregnancy as well as supporting parents in vulnerable situations.
Always Learning Developing And Growing promotes the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into their local community life.
The Be Me Project supports secondary school students and women who are struggling with anxiety, low self esteem or other emotional issues.
The Besom helps people make a difference and provides a bridge between those who want to give time, money, things or skills and those who are in need
Christian Aid aims to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide works across many countries to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld and protected.
Interserve works amongst the peoples of the Asia and Arab world, equipping everyday Christians for cross-cultural mission. We support our partners Jonathan and Helen in Bristol.
Karen Border Ministries is an outreach programme initiated by Christ Church Bangkok. They support Karen people who have escaped Myanmar as refugees and live in Northern Thailand
LeatherHEAD START works with people who have been made homeless in the Leatherhead area, providing accommodation and support.
Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that supports families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work.
Music in Ministry Trust promotes the Christian faith through the music ministry of Bryn Howarth. Most of the Trust’s work is in UK prisons.
The Nazareth Way provides support and resources for the prison chaplaincies in Surrey, especially the chaplaincy at Send women’s prison.
Through the Roof is a Christian disability charity, aiming to see the lives of disabled people transformed around the world.
Yala Widows and Orphans Support Project (YAWOSUP) supports widows, orphans, teenage mothers and vulnerable children in Kenya.
LIV exists to glorify God by serving the vulnerable children of our nation. There are millions of children at risk in South Africa, LIV focuses on the solution by bringing hope and a future to them.
Ashtead Churches Together (ACT)
Together with St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church and Ashtead Baptist Church, we worship and serve in the local community.
The Good Friday Pond Service is held just off Barnett Wood Lane, and the Remembrance Sunday Service by the war memorial is deeply moving. We celebrate our unity with an annual service.
Food is also important, with our monthly Men’s Breakfast, and the Ashtead Village Day Tea Tent.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” Jesus
— Matthew 25:35-36