Beneficiaries

Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Foodbanks

Food banks provide three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to people in crisis in West Lancashire who are referred to them.

They are part of a nationwide network of food banks, supported by the Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

If you would like to support the food banks, donations are gratefully accepted at the Ministry Centre. Recommendations include:

Long Life milk, biscuits, instant mash potatoes, small bags of coffee, tea bags, rice pudding, custard, sponge puddings, tinned items including fish, carrots, fruit, meat and meatballs. Toiletries, feminine hygiene and baby nappies. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Please call the church office on 01695 424530 before arriving.

For more information on how you can help, or be helped:

https://ormskirk.foodbank.org.uk
https://skelmersdale.foodbank.org.uk

West Lancashire Debt Advice (WLDA)

Members of our church are part of WLDA, which offers free, confidential face-to-face advice to anyone seeking help to manage debt.

For more information about how you can help or be helped, email: debtadvice@wlda.org.uk or 07731 482120.

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Mission Partners

We are engaged in active support and engagement with mission partners, within and beyond the diocese, including Pam Sephton and Andrew Gordon working at Asian Hope International School, Cambodia and supporting building improvements at the Children’s Village and School in Uganda.

On October 12, 2025, we hosted a fundraising concert featuring the Pearl  of Africa Children’s Choir. The Choir is touring the UK until the end of November, with proceeds supporting the education and health care of more than 1800 children in the Molly and Paul Schools in Uganda.

Christ Church Aughton has been supporting the Molly and Paul Child Care Foundation and Pearl of Africa Child Care for many years. Financially, by hosting the choir, by setting up the porridge programme and for providing a base for the choir when they visit. Some of our church family also travel to Uganda to volunteer at Kamuzinda Children’s Village. 

To learn more about the Pearl of Africa, visit pearlofafrica.org.uk or you can find them on Facebook. 

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