St Mary’s supports a number of organisations that have a local, national and international focus. We aim to give away 10% of our income. As well as village organisations such as the Pre-school, Primary School and Memorial Hall we support the following:
Maidstone Homeless Care (website)
Supporting homeless and vulnerable people in and around Maidstone.
Church Mission Society (website)
We are a community of people who have been set free to follow God’s call in mission. Thousands of people from all walks of life are part of Church Mission Society – praying, learning and acting together in pursuit of that call.
Weald Family Hub (website)
To connect the community with people, projects and organisations that support young people and their families who are struggling with issues of mental health and is focussed on becoming a key local network of support for the Wealden villages.
Tear Fund (website)
We’re Christians passionate about ending poverty. We’re following Jesus where the need is greatest, working through local churches to unlock people’s potential and helping them to discover that the answer to poverty is within themselves. When disasters strike, we respond quickly. We won’t stop until poverty stops.
Embrace the Middle East (website)
Embrace the Middle East is a non-governmental, inter-denominational charity supporting Christian-led humanitarian projects in the Middle East. Its overseas partners provide health, education and community development programmes for the most disadvantaged people in the lands of the Bible. They do so to a high standard but more importantly they provide these services without regard to the faith or nationality of the people who use them. In a deeply divided region where people have fewer opportunities to mix with and understand those who do not share the same background, Embrace the Middle East is a shining example of Christian love in action, love which transcends human divisions.
Social Justice Network (website)
The Social Justice Network works in communities to alleviate issues of poverty, marginalisation, and vulnerability, especially the homeless, refugees and asylum seekers, and those leaving prison into homelessness.
ReFocus (website)
We help those most at risk through conflict resolution and to protect those from being exploited or caught up in bullying, Knife crime, peer pressure, county lines, crime, grooming, money laundering , gangs – either as victim or perpetrator. We provide early intervention and prevention and tackle these issues at the root.
Kenward Trust (website)
Through recovery, resettlement and reintegration programmes, we work with individuals who have been affected by alcohol and drug dependence.
Spurgeons (formally Fegans) (website)
Fegans cares holistically for the whole family, through counselling children and supporting parents. Supported by our Carol Singing this year.
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) (website)
RABI continues to work tirelessly to uplift and support farming people through practical, financial and emotional assistance, touching the lives of thousands of people every year.
Ripple Effect (website)
We work alongside families in rural Africa, so they can grow more food, earn a living, and break the cycle of poverty – for good.
CPAS Patronage (website)
CPAS has responsibility for nominating to nearly 700 benefices in the Church of England. Working collaboratively with the church, the diocese and, where relevant, with other patrons, we seek to fill vacant parishes with incumbents who have a heart for the gospel, are committed to seeing people won for Christ and built up in the faith.
Leprosy Mission (website)
Scripture Union (website)
A Rocha (website)