Become a Welcare church rep

Could you support Welcare by becoming our representative for your local church?

As a church representative you will play a vital role in supporting Welcare’s work. You could:

• represent Welcare at church events and meetings
• make sure Welcare’s posters and leaflets and available in prominent places
• circulate Welcare’s newsletters
• request your church to hold services highlighting Welcare’s work (e.g. harvest or toy services).
• Encourage your church to donate regularly (e.g. a food box at the back of the church)
• pass donated clothes, equipment and other items to Welcare
• liaise with the Welcare prayer co-ordinator and pass requests to the church
• notify us of any change of parish rep or minister
• report regularly to the PCC to keep Welcare prominent.

You could also:

• refer a struggling family to Welcare 
• hold a coffee morning and invite a speaker to talk about Welcare
• ask for a five minute slot in a service to speak about Welcare (resources are available) or ask someone from Welcare to give the talk
• put an article about Welcare in the newsletter/parish magazine
• consider becoming a volunteer for Welcare and recruit others
• hold a fundraising event to raise profile of Welcare by having fun
• ask to borrow display boards to publicise Welcare
• speak to the children’s groups and youth of the church about the work of Welcare.

 As a Welcare church rep we will support you by:

• sending you a termly newsletter for circulation
• sending you regular e-mail updates (if you have an email address) giving you a monthly update including a case study which could be included in your parish newsletter/magazine
• sending you various forms of publicity material such as posters, leaflets, display board and PowerPoint presentations.

A number of experienced speakers are available to present the work of Welcare at church services or to groups.

For further details of any of our volunteering opportunities, contact the central office on 020 7820 7910 or your local Welcare centre. 

Everything I have attended at Welcare has been excellent. The approach is very professional and the staff very helpful, kind and supportive.

Parent