How to Help

Selling and buying on ebay

We are now registered with MissionFish which means that there are two ways you can contribute through your online shopping:
a) the Society can receive donations from eBay Community Sellers. Community Sellers may, while listing an item through eBay for Charity, search and select the Catholic Children’s Society (Plymouth) to benefit from their transaction.
b) eBay Users and PayPal Users (acting as Donors) can make donations not connected to specific eBay listings to the Society, for example by making a donation when they buy an item on eBay.

St Mary’s School, Bodmin

Thank you so much to all the children at St Mary’s School, Bodmin for raising an amazing £525.10 on their Fun Day on 13th March

Thank you Mark!

The lengths some people go to. In 2008 Mark Shaw, head of Queensway Primary School, achieved an amazing time of 1 hour 36 mins in the Great North Run in aid of the Society. The picture on the right shows him nearing the end of the race. If a half marathon is not your cup of tea then see below for less exhausting ways of helping.

Recycle your inkjet cartridges

You can feel good and help us at the same time by clicking here to get an envelope in which to recycle your old inkjet cartridges (please note not Epson) and mobile phones. There are now 19 people signed up as supporters. In 2010 they raised £145.52 and it didn’t cost them a penny.

Annual Appeal

This year’s Annual Appeal will be on Sunday 29th August 2010. Thank you so much for your support. Without your prayers, voluntary help and financial support we can not carry out our work.

Become a Parish Representative

Would you consider being a Parish Representative? You’ll be our point of contact for publicity, and helping with our annual collections. These little tasks make a huge difference to the money we raise, and the care we’re then able to give. If you can help in this way, speak to your parish priest or send a message with our contact form.

Raise some funds!

Some people run coffee mornings or jumble sales for us. We desperately need your donations to help us provide our work across the diocese.

Make a bequest

Remembering the Society in your will is a gracious way of helping the next generation get the best start in life. It’s very simple, too. By remembering the Catholic Children’s Society (Plymouth) in your will, you can reduce your estate’s liability to Inheritance Tax, currently payable at 40% of the balance of your estate over the allowance (currently £325,000). If you have already made your will, it can simply be updated. If not, you may like to contact your solicitor, or ask the Society for a useful guide on making a bequest.

Catholic Singles

Catholic Singles is an organisation which aims to help practising Catholics meet other Catholics and support Catholic Parishes and Charities. Half the initial joining donation for this organisation is donated to the charity of your choice, please make the Catholic Children’s Society your choice. To find out more go to www.catholicsingles.org.uk

Pray for us

The Society is committed to working with and for all families and children, whatever their belief. But it takes inspiration for its work from a commitment to putting the Christian gospel into action.

Jesus said:

Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.