| Alpha Scotland |
uk.alphacourse.org/scotland |
| The Alpha Course is a ten week practical introduction to the Christian faith aimed especially at non-churchgoers and
new Christians. The course is presented in a relaxed an informal format starting with supper each week, followed by a
talk and ending with a small group discussion on the topics raised during the talk. It is currently running in 610
churches in Scotland across every denomination. With the opening of the Alpha Scotland Office in November 2004, there
has been a renewed uptake of Alpha with 70 new courses registered in the last year. Training and conferences are now
all being run in Scotland using Scotland-based speakers and this has given a fresh slant on this proven and effective outreach tool. |
| Contact: Fiona Marks Email: fiona.marks@alpha.org Tel: 0141 332 0051 |
| Blythswood Care |
www.blythswood.org |
| Blythswood is a Christian Organisation, a team of professionals and volunteers from all walks of life, who care for
peoples physical and spiritual needs. Working in Eastern Europe and the UK Blythswood ensure that Food, clothing,
bedding, stationery, educational equipment, toys, hospital and farming equipment, aids for the handicapped and
medicines are collected throughout the U.K. and sorted by our volunteers at our depots. They are then delivered
abroad by road, rail or sea. Specific items such as cancer-treating drugs are purchased specially. |
| Contact: Jeremy Ross Email: jeremy.ross@blythswood.org Tel: 01349 830777 |
| Cairngorms Christian Centre |
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| The Cairngorms Christian Centre is the soon to be re-opened Badenoch Christian Centre in Kincraig. A locally formed Trust is leasing
the Centre from the Church of Scotland and will continue to offer hostel style accommodation for individuals and groups of up to 34
folk. The pricing structure is competitive and the accommodation well appointed with disabled access and facilities. |
| Contact: Bill Steele Email: bill.steele4@btopenworld.com Tel: 01540 661918/ 651373 |
| CARE for Scotland |
www.care.org.uk |
| CARE seeks to represent the Christian viewpoint in public affairs in a number of ways: through its parliamentary
staff who lobby in the parliaments and assemblies of UK, and in Europe, with the intention of influencing public
policy, informing the Church about issues of current concern, encouraging churches and individuals to be actively
involved in the political process and sharing God’s love for society through a number of caring initiatives such as
crisis pregnancy counselling. |
| Contact: Bill Baird Email: bill.baird@care.org.uk Tel: 0141 332 7212 |
| Care for the family |
www.careforthefamily.org.uk |
| Care for the Family has been supporting and encouraging families in the UK since 1988. Its family-building events
have been attended by over 250,000 people and many more have been helped through special initiatives -including
stepfamilies, bereaved parents and those parenting alone. Founded by best-selling author and speaker Rob Parsons,
the charity is committed to strengthening family life and helping those who face family difficulties. |
| Contact: David Wilson Email: david.wilson@cff.org.uk Tel: 01506 846476 |
| CPAS Scotland |
www.cpas.org.uk |
| Founded by Lord Shaftesbury 170 years ago, CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society) is a home mission agency for the UK and Eire. Our
vision is “good news for all” in Scotland. We aid local church evangelism by offering specialist consultancy, training and resources
tailor-made for the needs of the Church. We aim to envision, encourage, enable and equip local churches for sharing their faith,
reaching communities with the Gospel, creating fresh expressions of church and making disciples for Christ. Accredited to the Mission
& Discipleship Council. |
| Contact: Richard Higginbottom Email: rhigginbottom@cpas.org.uk Tel: 01738 787429 |
| Christian Aid Scotland |
www.christianaidscotland.org |
Today 1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty. Tonight 800 million people will go to bed hungry.
This year 12 million children will die before their fifth birthday. We reject a world where such
suffering exists amid such plenty.
It needn’t be like that. We can hope for a better world, where everyone lives a full life, free from poverty. And we have the power to
turn that hope into action Christian Aid is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland. We work wherever the need is greatest – irrespective of religion
or race.
We encourage our owning churches to give, act and pray We strive for a new world transformed by an end to poverty and we
campaign to change the rules that keep people poor.
Christian Aid is the official agency of the Churches in Scotland. Our work in Scotland is carried out by 15 staff and 560 Committees
and many thousands of volunteers throughout Scotland each year, who raise over £1.25 million during Christian Aid Week towards
the fight against poverty.
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| Contact: Marjorie Clark Email: edinburgh@christian-aid.org Tel: 0131 220 1254 |
| CrossReach |
www.crossreach.org.uk |
| CrossReach is the Social Care Council of The Church of Scotland. We are the largest voluntary sector social care organisation in
Scotland, helping around 4000 people in need every day. We work with homeless people, people with addictions and their families,
older people, people with dementia, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, women suffering from
postnatal depression, people involved in the criminal justice system, children and families. |
| Contact: Pam Taylor Email: pam.taylor@crossreach.org.uk Tel: 0131 657 2000 |
| Eco-Congregation Scotland |
www.ecocongregation.org/scotland |
| Eco-Congregation is an ecumenical programme to help churches make the link between environmental
issues and the Christian faith, and respond in practical action in the church and wider community. Over 100
churches are involved. The programme is free and provides resource modules, a regular newsletter, contacts
with organisations who can provide help and funding, networks of churches sharing good practice, and an
award scheme. |
| Contact: Eleanor Todd Email: etodd@cofscotland.org.uk Tel: 0131 240 2250 |
| International Christian College |
www.icc.ac.uk |
| ICC is the largest independent Bible and theological college in Scotland and the north of England. It seeks to
foster excellence in Christian thought and practice from within the Evangelical tradition. We are committed
to training Christian workers and providing resources which will serve the church as she seeks to join in God’s mission: in cross-
cultural situations of competing religions and ideologies, in urban settings of poverty and hopelessness, among young people
disillusioned with institutional religion and sometimes with life in general, with children at risk and in need across the world, in the
market place, where most Christians spend most of their time. |
| Contact: Becky Short Email: college@icc.ac.uk Tel: 0141 552 4040 |
| Mission and Discipleship Council |
www.churchofscotland.org.uk |
| The Mission and Discipleship Council of the Church of Scotland has the responsibility of developing and
delivering resources to congregations in the areas of Education and Nurture, Mission and Evangelism, Publishing,
Worship, Doctrine, and Church Art and Architecture. |
| Contact: Douglas Nicol Email: dnicol@cofscotland.org.uk Tel: 0131 225 5722 |
| Prospects |
www.churchofscotland.org.uk |
Prospects is a Christian voluntary organisation that is committed to supporting people with a learning disability so they may live their lives to the full, physically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually.
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| Contact: David Bendor-Samuel Email: dbs@prospects.org.uk Tel: 0118 950 8781 |
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