St. Peter's Aid for the Needy (SPAN)
For our Lenten Alms appeals 2024 Click here
For our March minutes Click here.
We agreed £ 440 to buy 70 solar lanterns for children in Kenya, £ 400 to facilitate cataract operations in Ghana, £ 400 towards filtering springs, planting Eucalyptus trees and providing latrines in rural Uganda and Kenya.
For our February minutes Click here.
We gave help to projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan as well as local families.
The SPAN Quiz night on Friday 9th February was very successful, raising £ 1,000 for Friends of the Holy Land and having a presentation by Chris Connors from Coco's Foundation
On January 20th / 21st SPAN invited Peter Rand from Friend of the Holy Land
to speak after our five Catholic Leamington Masses, £ 3,300 has been raised.
SPAN held its first meeting in December 1973!
Over 2024 we will celebrate our 50 years:
On Friday February 9th 2024 we held a quiz night and
on Friday June 7th we have an information and sharing social evening.
At our December meeting, after celebrating 50 years since our first meeting, we agreed to send: £ 500 to Friends of the Holy Land, £ 300 to Friends of the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan, £ 300 to Starfish Malawi for maternity care, £ 300 for sanitation in Ghana, £ 200 for prisoner visits, £ 350 for local bereavement support, £ 100 CAFOD in Darfur.
SPAN meetings are held on the second Monday of each month (except August)
For our March minutes Click here.
We agreed £ 440 to buy 70 solar lanterns for children in Kenya, £ 400 to facilitate cataract operations in Ghana, £ 400 towards filtering springs, planting Eucalyptus trees and providing latrines in rural Uganda and Kenya.
For our February minutes Click here.
We gave help to projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan as well as local families.
The SPAN Quiz night on Friday 9th February was very successful, raising £ 1,000 for Friends of the Holy Land and having a presentation by Chris Connors from Coco's Foundation
On January 20th / 21st SPAN invited Peter Rand from Friend of the Holy Land
to speak after our five Catholic Leamington Masses, £ 3,300 has been raised.
SPAN held its first meeting in December 1973!
Over 2024 we will celebrate our 50 years:
On Friday February 9th 2024 we held a quiz night and
on Friday June 7th we have an information and sharing social evening.
At our December meeting, after celebrating 50 years since our first meeting, we agreed to send: £ 500 to Friends of the Holy Land, £ 300 to Friends of the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan, £ 300 to Starfish Malawi for maternity care, £ 300 for sanitation in Ghana, £ 200 for prisoner visits, £ 350 for local bereavement support, £ 100 CAFOD in Darfur.
SPAN meetings are held on the second Monday of each month (except August)
St. Peter’s Aid for the Needy (SPAN) was founded by parishioners in December 1973 for the purpose of bringing Christian love in practical ways to those in need both locally and overseas. SPAN became a registered charity in 1994 – number 1040252. Since its foundation SPAN has administered donations from parishioners totalling over £1.25 million. In 2022 SPAN distributed over £42,000. SPAN aims to share its available funds between local or UK needs and overseas needs - click to see pie chart. |
How to donate
Members of our parishes are invited to participate in the activities of SPAN and to donate to its work, through using church collection boxes or collection envelopes.
We achieve so much for many people, only through your support and generosity.
You can also use the Gift Aid scheme or donate by a regular Bank Standing Order.
From time to time special JustGiving campaigns are set up. Cheques should be made out to SPAN and our Bank Account has Sort Code 402706 with Account Number 21324004.
Please contact our Treasurer if Gift Aid can be claimed. Contact details below.
SPAN is one of the main ways by which Catholics in Leamington make charitable donations.
Members of our parishes are invited to participate in the activities of SPAN and to donate to its work, through using church collection boxes or collection envelopes.
We achieve so much for many people, only through your support and generosity.
You can also use the Gift Aid scheme or donate by a regular Bank Standing Order.
From time to time special JustGiving campaigns are set up. Cheques should be made out to SPAN and our Bank Account has Sort Code 402706 with Account Number 21324004.
Please contact our Treasurer if Gift Aid can be claimed. Contact details below.
SPAN is one of the main ways by which Catholics in Leamington make charitable donations.
Throughout the year
SPAN has a number of ongoing commitments, principally:
For several years, our priests have agreed to SPAN coordinating speakers to give 3 appeals at Masses across Catholic Leamington during Lent, and a collection was taken for each charity.
In 2022 we were unable to host speakers (due to the pandemic) and decided to have a combined appeal for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice in Coventry, Kindaid's Mission Hospital in Kiirua, Kenya and for our local needy by providing food vouchers. We donated £ 1,000 to both Zoe's Place and Kiirua and distributed £ 2,500 in food vouchers via our primary schools. The same 3 way appeal was held in 2023 £ 600 was sent to Zoe's Place and Kiirua. In 2024 we had an appeal just before Lent for Friends of the Holy Land and our Lenten appeal is for House of Light and Hope as well as food vouchers for local needy.
Christmas food voucher appeal
SPAN coordinates the distribution of vouchers to our Catholic Primary School pupils who receive Free School Meals, our local refugee families and families suggested by the local Family Centres. Additionally, we have provided a Christmas cards to our housebound parishioners, with the help of our Eucharistic Minsters and the SVP.
SPAN has a number of ongoing commitments, principally:
- CAFOD e.g. regularly sending aid to refugee camps in Darfur in Sudan
- St Francis Leprosy Hospital in Nyenga, Uganda
- Ortum Mission Hospital, Kenya
- The Warwick & Leamington Foodbank
- The Leamington Night Shelter (until 2022), now to the LWS Night Shelter
- 3H Housing Health Hospitality, for formerly trafficked women (until Dec 2022)
- The House of Light and Hope (which is a home for street children in the Lebanon)
- To priests doing pastoral work in Zambia and Uganda
- Funding the education of three orphans and a deaf and dumb child in Uganda
- Kiirua Mission Hospital in Kenya (long supported by Kindaid)
For several years, our priests have agreed to SPAN coordinating speakers to give 3 appeals at Masses across Catholic Leamington during Lent, and a collection was taken for each charity.
In 2022 we were unable to host speakers (due to the pandemic) and decided to have a combined appeal for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice in Coventry, Kindaid's Mission Hospital in Kiirua, Kenya and for our local needy by providing food vouchers. We donated £ 1,000 to both Zoe's Place and Kiirua and distributed £ 2,500 in food vouchers via our primary schools. The same 3 way appeal was held in 2023 £ 600 was sent to Zoe's Place and Kiirua. In 2024 we had an appeal just before Lent for Friends of the Holy Land and our Lenten appeal is for House of Light and Hope as well as food vouchers for local needy.
Christmas food voucher appeal
SPAN coordinates the distribution of vouchers to our Catholic Primary School pupils who receive Free School Meals, our local refugee families and families suggested by the local Family Centres. Additionally, we have provided a Christmas cards to our housebound parishioners, with the help of our Eucharistic Minsters and the SVP.
SPAN meetings
Appeals for support are received throughout the year and are discussed at the SPAN monthly meetings, held on the second Monday of all months except August.
Careful consideration is given to each appeal, and where appropriate, a donation is made.
An Annual Review is held for the previous year sometime between May and November.
All parishioners across Catholic Leamington are welcome to attend these meetings as we are all part of SPAN.
To be added to our e-mail distribution list, please contact our Secretary: paulhayden444@gmail.com
Our December, January and February meetings may be held by Zoom.
Keep in touch
In 2024 SPAN hopes to develop its Social Media presence on
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SPANLeamington
or Twitter: @SPAN_Leam
Website: https//www.catholicleamington.org.uk/span
Appeals for support are received throughout the year and are discussed at the SPAN monthly meetings, held on the second Monday of all months except August.
Careful consideration is given to each appeal, and where appropriate, a donation is made.
An Annual Review is held for the previous year sometime between May and November.
All parishioners across Catholic Leamington are welcome to attend these meetings as we are all part of SPAN.
To be added to our e-mail distribution list, please contact our Secretary: paulhayden444@gmail.com
Our December, January and February meetings may be held by Zoom.
Keep in touch
In 2024 SPAN hopes to develop its Social Media presence on
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SPANLeamington
or Twitter: @SPAN_Leam
Website: https//www.catholicleamington.org.uk/span