{"id":10228,"date":"2023-01-07T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2023-01-07T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:57:03","slug":"support-our-work-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/support-our-work-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Support our work in the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:5px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We need your donations, more than ever, to support our work in the community. We don\u2019t receive grants or subsidies from the Anglican church or Government. All the funds needed to keep our church and its work going are provided by regular donations, legacies and fundraising. Our congregation, Friends and supporters provide vital funds each year to ensure that the Church and its grounds are always available \u2013 whether it be for regular worship, weddings, funerals christenings, festivals, concerts or just quiet reflection. If you consider yourself part of our Community or value our contribution then please consider supporting us with either a regular donation,one-off gift or legacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our preferred method for receiving, regular, donations is via the Church of England&#8217;s Parish Giving Scheme. These can be monthly, quarterly or annual gifts. The scheme manages all the administration of collection, gift aid claims ( if the giver is eligible as a regular tax payer) and greatly improves our cashflow by paying us monthly, as well as reducing our own administration. It&#8217;s easy to sign up &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parishgiving.org.uk\/donors\/find-your-parish\/swindon-christchurch-st-mary-swindon\/\">you can find our Parish page here on the PGS website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h5><strong>Other ways of Giving<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-10229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-145x200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-145x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27145%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20145%20200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27145%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-145x200.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-200x277.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-400x553.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-434x600.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-600x830.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-768x1062.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-800x1106.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-1111x1536.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-1200x1659.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-1481x2048.jpg 1481w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/collecttin-scaled.jpg 1852w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also give by credit or debit card at our donation station at the back of church.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/donate\/\">Check out our donation page for more ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9,12,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cc-home-page","category-community-networks","category-financial-stewardship","category-site-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10231,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions\/10231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}