Ways you can support Growing Through
Thank you so much for championing and supporting our very specialised mission to help children and teens who have experienced family breakdown or the death of a loved one. As a charity, we are very passionate about the ethos of our work to bring healing to those who are hurting, for whatever reason, through the word of God. Without your continued support both practically, financially, and prayerfully, we couldn’t function, continue to grow or expand to meet the need and demand of the service.
There are many ways you could support us:
Doing a sponsored run/marathon
Holding a coffee & cake morning
Organising a plant / craft sale
Doing a quiz night
Organising a dance / barn dance / line dancing / fancy dress event
Holding a non-uniform day or wacky hair day in schools
Making us your nominated charity for your business / organisation
Hosting a film night
Doing a car wash
Hosting a fashion show
Dressing up the teacher day / superhero day
Holding a board game tournament
Holding a talent show
Hosting a sponsored giving tree for community services
We’d love to hear your fundraising reports. If you are raising money in memory of someone you love who has died, we would love to hear all about them. Please share your stories and pictures to fundraisingreports@growingthrough.co.uk
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Adeline and Mary recieving the cheque from Tesco’s groundworks grant that funded the website development. Many thanks to Tesco’s and to all who voted for Growing Through with the in-shop tokens!
Ways to Donate
There are many ways you can donate to our work:
A single donation online
As a regular giver by direct debit mandate
Sponsor the price of a Pot of Gold or Rays of Light kit either locally or internationally
Sponsor the price of training either locally or internationally for a consultant to train up a new group
Leave a legacy gift in your will
In memory of a loved one by setting up a precious memories tribute fund
Sponsor Pastor Francis who oversees the work of Growing Through in Africa
Sponsor Jewel & Dale Erickson who oversees the work of Growing Through in USA
Sponsor Ravi Kadiyam who oversees the work of Growing Through in India
At special times of the year in memory of your loved one
Funeral donations
Making us your nominated charity for your business / organisation
Become a charity champion/partner/advocate and highlight our work
See further information on international page for ways to support groups in Africa or India. If you would like to specifically support any of the international representatives of Growing Through, please go to ‘international groups’ for more details.
Please go to the Donation page where it will give you specific options. Thank you for your generosity in advance. Your donations are very much appreciated and make a huge difference to bereaved children and teens.
Are you involved in organising speakers for your group / organisations?
We would love the opportunity to share our work and the ministry of Growing Through with your group to raise awareness and enlist support.
Invite a Growing Through Representative to come and talk to your group/organisation using the contact details on the contact page
Volunteer your services
Start a Grief Support Group in your community
One of the best ways to expand the ministry is to invest in your local community by starting a local grief support group. The more local people committing to starting groups in their local areas the more availability there is for children to be referred on too. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a Grief Support group in every town in the UK and Eire? If you are interested in finding out how to do this, go to ‘how to start a group’. Alternatively, if you wish to refer a child or teenager to a local group, go to ‘local groups in UK and Eire’ for details of groups that maybe active in your community.
- Become a Growing Through advocate in your area to promote our work or speak to local groups about our work
- Volunteer to be a facilitator in your local group (see criteria in how to start a group or explore local groups in your area, above)
- If you have good administrative or IT skills, apply to be a volunteer supportive administrator for our Northern Ireland Charity board. (Contact us using the contact page to make an enquiry)
- Follow us on Facebook and share our posts
- Refer a child to a local group (see above or contact UK representative to see if there is an active local group in your community)
- Volunteer to fundraise for our charity
- If you are experienced and skilled at sourcing trust funds and their application processes, volunteer your services to the Growing Through board in Northern Ireland (contact us using the contact page)
- Sign up to our newsletters and keep up to date with our work