Generosity at The well
On this page you’ll find out about how the Well supports other charity and mission projects in UK and abroad.
Generosity
Generosity comes in many shapes and sizes. Everyday around the UK people give hours of their time, they give their passions and guts by volunteering, they share their talents to make a positive difference. June 2018 saw publication of a report (click here to read it) outlining that in Sheffield Christians and other faith groups contribute 1.,240,000 hours of volunteer time to our city, worth about £11.2m a year!
Volunteers in sheffield
People from The Well volunteer in lots of projects around Sheffield - particularly to serve our city's poor and vulnerable.
Here's a few of the projects our people are involved in serving:
S6 Foodbank - emergency food
Good News Café - Saturday morning breakfast at Sheffield Cathedral Archer Project
Social Action Saturdays - young adults working with Open Hands
Doncaster Prison - visiting and meeting prisoners weekly
Befriending Homeless rough sleepers - bimonthly Friday nights, offering food around the city centre
The well donations to Good causes 2020
We love to give our money away and we aim to tithe (10%) our income as a church to good causes.
An experienced team help to research and propose where we give our money to make an impact.
Here's some of the projects and people we will give this year's money to:
Iris Relief (Cyclone Idai) - respond to crises and disasters on a local, regional, and international scale by physical aid and spiritual support.
Foundation for Social Change & Inclusion - Preventing modern slavery and transforming lives in Southeast Europe
Go North
Go North - a Nigerian charity that outreach to the vastly Christian minority north of the country and sends out people to work in persecuted areas.
happy sonship
Happy Sonship - provides disaster relief (eg in Puerto Rico, Bahamas). Prison outreach in United States, and supports family adoption.
Hope for Kids
Hope for Kids - Lebanon based charity working with and supporting vulnerable local, minority refugee children. It has a children's home, a school and support for teenagers.
medair
Medair - A Christian relief organisation working with some of the worlds most vulnerable. They have a current fundraising campaign for DRCongo, one of the world’s forgotten crises.
open doors
Open Doors - The Well is a partner church with Open Doors to stand in solidarity with the persecuted church around the world.
restore
Restore - a local ministry making a big impact on the poor and vulnerable based at NCS church. Several of our people volunteer in their projects.
snowdrop project
Snowdrop - A Sheffield charity providing long-term support to empower survivors of human trafficking.
taste
Taste - a charity that helps small villages and towns in Nigeria by providing water pumps to ensure clean water is available.
yada
YADA - is based in Burundi working with vulnerable children and their families. It has a school and has a sponsorship program for children. They also have a 'porridge program' to feed children who could not eat before school, and a nursery program to help the children and families in the local area be able to earn money while children attend.
Assist Sheffield - A Sheffield charity working with refugees and asylum seekers to provide support, housing and advice.
CPA
CPA - Christian Partnerships in Africa a small charity focusing on education in Kenya, Ethiopia and Malawi.
Golddiger Trust
Golddigger Trust - Building self-esteem and citizenship in young people in South Yorkshire.
Grace & Light
Grace & Light- a Nigerian charity that works with vulnerable people. It helps to provide care and support to widows in hard times and health education seminars for the local area.
higher yorkshire
Higher Yorkshire - is an initiative of The Message Trust that equip, encourage and strengthen the local church in reaching young people with the Gospel.
justice rising
Justice Rising - a charity based in DR Congo. Providing education, training and empowering local teachers in post-conflict area
names not numbers
Names Not Numbers – African based charity that works with vulnerable children by providing children homes and support.
open hands
Open Hands - a Sheffield charity offering housing and support to destitute asylum seekers.
safe families
Safe Families for Children - a UK charity who works with vulnerable children by providing support to families in difficult situations.
sunergos
Sunergos - Developing-world consultancy which empowers indigenous organisations to make a bigger impact.
Toilet twinning
Toilet Twinning.org - the sanitation focussed wing of Tearfund. It helps organisations build toilets around the world and 'twins' toilets in the UK.
HOW TO GIVE TO THE WELL
Find out more about Giving on The Well’s giving page (click button below)
Christians are generous in response to God's generosity to us. This goes for money too.
How a person spends their spare cash is often a barometer of their heart.
You can be part of the story of The Well by making a financial donation. We encourage our regular members to move from feeling like 'visiting friends' to become 'family' by supporting the church with regular gifts. You can read a short booklet explaining this here.
We’re not asking for your money! We’re inviting you into an opportunity to be part of the journey and to partner with The Well in creating a community of faith and love which furthers the kingdom of God in our generation, our city and the nations. We believe in what’s happening through The Well. Do you?