ORGANISATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Our Parish Council meets every two months.  In addition to new members, observers are also welcome.

The parish received the Diocesan certificate marking it's Fairtrade status at the AGM, held in January. 
Fr Bernard and John McSwan are pictured signing the commitment to maintain Fairtrade status now it has been achieved.
A stock of Fairtrade goods is available from church.

          FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 25TH FEBRUARY - 9TH march 2008
    
            READ THE LATEST ON OUR FAIRTRADE DIOCESE  HERE -FAIRTRADE.doc
To learn more about Fairtrade in Blackpool visit http://blackpool4me.com/baf
If you are just visiting Blackpool the link covering the whole of the UK is http://fairtrade.org.uk

A Soup Kitchen is operated on Tuesday and Sunday evening at 7.45pm.  It is held in St Peter's Hall, accrosdd the road, where there are more suitable premises.  Anyone wishing to volunteer or donate please see Fr Bernard.

We have a small but hardworking St Vincent de Paul group (SVP) which is always grateful for help - from new members to donations of money or socks etc.  Click here for national site http://svp.org.uk

There is a weekly Soup Kitchen run by volunteers from St Cuthberts but served in the better premises of St Peters C of E (our neighbours just accross the road) on Sunday evening from 7.30 - 8.30
To volunteer time or donate provisions speak to Fr Bernard

There is a branch of  the Catholic Womens League (CWL) along with the Knights of St Columba (KSC) The national sites can be accessed from here http://catholicwomensleague.org.uk andhttp://ksc.org.uk