Charitable organization, Christian charity, Christian faith, registered charity
Friday 14th January 2011 All 39 UCKG HelpCentres in England and Wales are pioneering a new way of supporting two of the UK’s leading cancer charities with an organised, large scale collection of bric-a-brac and unwanted but useful household items. Both Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity will benefit. Throughout the […]
care home, Christian Church, Christian faith, hair styiling, South London, Streatham, Wandsworth
Thursday 16th December 2010 Pre-Christmas pampering days with facials, a special make up, manicures, pedicures and hair styling, are a ‘must’ for many young women these days. For older ladies living in care homes, they will be distant memories at most and many will never have had such treats, while men old enough to be […]
care home, Christian Church, Christian faith, Hackney, North London, pampering day, Stoke Newington
Thursday 16th December 2010 Pre-Christmas pampering days with facials, a special make up, manicures, pedicures and hair styling, are a ‘must’ for many young women these days. For older ladies living in care homes, they will be distant memories at most and many will never have had such treats. However a team of young women […]
Child Protection Policy, Islington, school teacher, South London
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 UCKG has restated its commitment to child protection by holding the largest child protection training event ever to take place in the UK for some 800 pastors, church workers and volunteers. Speaking after the training, Bishop Pierre Dessaint, who heads this Pentecostal church in the UK, said: “We have been operating […]
Blood pressure, Christian Church, Christian faith, preventative action
Monday, 4 October 2010 The UCKG helped 524 local people towards a healthier lifestyle by providing a blood pressure testing station at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park as part of this year’s Know Your Numbers! Week. This is the Blood Pressure Association’s annual blood pressure testing and awareness week. It is important for people to […]
Finsbury Park, London based, registered charity
Monday, 4 October 2010 Every summer, young people from the London based UCKG HelpCentres take part in the Doitforcharity.com 5km London run in Greenwich Park, and this year, 24 of them were sponsored to raise money for a selection of leading charities. The 24 have now collected the donations they were promised and the money […]
Charitable organization, Christian Church, Christian faith, Clothing, registered charity, sleeping rough
Wednesday, 15 September 2010 The UCKG HelpCentre has just launched its second national clothing appeal for 2010.  Throughout September, all UCKG HelpCentre branches in England and Wales will be collecting unwanted clothes to be given to homeless people before the onset of winter. This time UCKG is partnering St Mungo’s, a national charity dedicated to […]
Abdominal obesity, Blood pressure, Coronary artery disease, Health care, National Health Service, Old age
Friday, 10 September 2010 High blood pressure – sometimes called the silent killer – is the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes and is a factor in kidney disease, dementia and some eye conditions. Fortunately it can be treated and often prevented. For this reason the UCKG is once again supporting national Know Your […]
Asylum seeker, Lea Valley Park, local community, Walthamstow Marshes, young people
Wednesday 4th August 2010 Young people from the UCKG’s Victory Youth Group (VYG) took part in a community outreach event on Saturday 24 July in Walthamstow, helping to renovate Lea Valley Park. Their aim was to make a positive difference in their local community and help change negative stereotypes of young people, as part of […]
