Every year the church chooses two charities to support, one local and one working overseas. Our Christmas collections are donated to charities, along with the proceeds of our annual Fair.
For 2025 the charities are:
Bromley Homeless Starter Packs
This is a project set up to collect good quality, household goods and re-distribute them to households moving from homelessness to new tenancies.
Our Local Authority works hard to find homes for homeless people but when someone who has been on the streets or in a hostel gets the keys to their first flat, that’s all they get; a bunch of keys, a floor, walls and a roof. That’s where the Starter Packs come into it. These people may have been living on the streets; in a hostel; sofa-surfing; escaped domestic violence, or just been released from prison.
Starter Packs provide the basic items needed for making a house or flat into a home. It’s a comprehensive package, with bedding, kitchen equipment, toiletries, and cleaning materials. Anne Horner-Tree who runs the scheme, ensures everything included is of good quality, so that the people receiving these packs, feel loved, respected, and dignified.
Starterpacks | Bromley Parish Church
‘Oberig’ school in Lviv, Ukraine
When I was hungry, you gave me food…
Emmanuel supports the Vine food bank run by the Salvation Army in New Addington
Items can be left in the church vestibule or at Sainsbury’s on the high street (not on Station Road), even if they are not bought in-store. Carrier bags are also welcome. Donations can also be made to their JustGiving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/newaddingtonsalvationarmy and at Warm Welcome Fridays @ Emmanuel
For a list of items most wanted please check the current magazine
Eco Church
Emmanuel has been awarded a Bronze certificate from Eco Church (ecochurch.arocha.org.uk)
Emmanuel is pleased to be part of the Eco Church movement. It means we are committed to caring for God’s creation.
In the last 2 years, we’ve already made a number of tangible changes – building our quiet garden, managing our heating bills, swapping our supplies of toilet paper, soaps etc, and making sure we provide vegetarian and vegan options at our catered events. We support FairTrade, have done Toilet Twinning, switch off our floodlights for Earth Day and do #NoMowMay. And we preach, teach and pray regularly on themes around caring for God’s creation.
In April 2023, we were awarded the Bronze Award, and are now working towards Silver.
Churches Together in West Wickham
Emmanuel is a member of Churches Together in West Wickham which brings together 8 local churches for worship on several occasions each year and community action.