Charity vote 2025/6
Each year members of the congregation are invited to vote for charitable donations to be made in the name of Trinity Church.
For the 2025/26 year it was again been agreed that we would make charitable donations of £1000 to each of 6 external charities and the congregation were invited to vote to choose the charities during June.
The 6 charities with the most votes were:-
Emmaus
Homestart
Refugee & Migrant Network Sutton
St Raphaels Hospice
Sutton Cruse Bereavement
Sutton Mental Health Foundation
Two new charities gained at least 2 votes meaning they will be included on the ballot paper if the process is repeated next year:-
Get on Downs
Sutton Community Counselling and Psychotherapy
In addition Trinity is making donations to denominational charities (Leaders of Worship and Preaching Trust, Methodist Church Funds, Moderator's Benevolent Fund etc) totalling £5000.
Note that contributions to charities by Trinity far exceed the above as we also give to URC denominational charities through our assessment and we hold collections and fundraise for Disaster Emergency Committee Appeals, Christian Aid and Action for Children. Additionally our Junior Church and Bunker Youth Group regularly raise over £1000 each year for charities which they choose to support.
How the voting works
You have up to 6 votes, and you can write in an additional charity that you would like to vote for to receive a donation. For the charity to receive a donation, other members of the congregation would need to add that charity to their list also, as this year each winning charity received at least seventeen votes. However a new charity that receives at least 2 votes will be listed next year, and a listed charity that receives at least 8 votes will be re-listed the following year.