St Giles supports Christian Aid in its vision to end poverty in the world. 
This is an enormously ambitious vision but Christian Aid as a Christian organisation insists that the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
How do we at St Giles do our bit to turn this vision into reality?
Each year St Giles supports Christian Aid Week, their annual fundraising event. In conjunction with the Methodist Church in Bramhope, 40 volunteers knock on every door of every house within Bramhope with a Christian Aid envelope and seek a donation.
In addition to this, we hold in Church a special concert or event usually during Christian Aid week to raise further funds for Christian Aid. Events in the past have featured the Steeton Male Voice Choir concert and Brass Praise, a special concert with Guiseley Brass Band.
Other events during the course of the year may also raise funds for Christian Aid, for example collections taken at our annual village service.
These funds raised go into Christian Aid’s work which is focused in a number of key areas: climate change, trade, conflict, HIV and malaria, rights and justice. This is in addition to its more well known work offering disaster relief at times of emergencies such as earthquakes and flooding.
