Covenant with the Poor

Covenant with the Poor Annual Distribution of Funds 2026

At our annual meeting on Sunday 19 July 2026 the following distribution of £5,000 was agreed.

•  520 Sheffield City of Sanctuary Welcome Centre

•  555 St Wilfrid’s Centre

•  430 Friends of the Holy Land

• 430 Ben's Centre

•  430 Grace Food Bank

•   430 Snowdrop Project

•   260 Pax Christi

•      25 StopGap Membership 

•      200 Church Action on Poverty (Sheffield)

•   260 Aid to the Church in Need

•    660 ASSIST

•   300 Mercy Ships

•   500     Reserve - to Grace Foodbank if no other need arises.
  The reserve to be distributed in November.

Renewal of the Covenant takes place at Masses on World Day of the Poor (33rd Sunday of the year).

Annual Meeting 19 July 2026 -  4pm in the York Room
View the meeting documents for 2026 here.

Annual Meeting Report 26 here

Our Covenant with the Poor 25  here.  

Our Charitable Giving Guidelines are here.

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Our Covenant with the Poor was first established at Pentecost 1998.

'We, the community of the Parish of St William, will seek to pursue a number of commitments in order to share in Christ's mission "to bring Good News to the poor", as we look forward to the Millennium and a celebration of 2,000 years since the birth of Christ. These commitments are a response to need and require that we give of our time and share our resources, in the spirit of the Jubilee, which in Biblical tradition, is a time of sharing and restoration. Our Covenant demands our prayer and will be reflected in the life of the Parish through worship and liturgical celebration.'