Members of the Painswick Valley Christian Aid group are Liz Davies (Sheepscombe), Sarah Taylor (Cranham), Mary Morse (Pitchcombe), Sarah Slinger (Edge), Delyth Allen, Jane Burt, Katherine Davies, Ros Harris, Pat O'Riordan, Frances Watson, Hywel James and Dylan Davies (all Painswick). Our purpose is to raise funds to support Christian Aid’s work to combat poverty worldwide. In a normal Christian Aid week we hold house-to-house collections in the villages of Cranham, Edge, Harescombe, Painswick, Pitchcombe and Sheepscombe and organise events such as a salmon supper, garden shop, lunches and cream teas in Painswick and a coffee morning in Edge. None of that can happen this year. Instead we have set up this fundraising page and hope that our supporters and neighbours who have given so generously in previous years will kindly contribute online this year. Faith's story below is an example of how Christian Aid's work has made a real difference in the world.

Faith's green fields are a sign of hope as the climate crisis rages on. Drought in Kenya pushed Faith to the brink as she couldn't grow crops. Hunger was a reality. Sending children to school an impossibility.

A sand dam has given her resilience in times of drought. With water Faith can farm. With water she can make bricks to build an outside toilet. With water she can maintain a garden full of vegetables and fruit trees.

By supporting us this Christian Aid Week you can help more people like Faith fight for a greener future. Together we stop this climate crisis.

Love never fails. Coronavirus impacts us all, but love unites us all. For over 70 years, Christian Aid have been standing with the poorest of our neighbours, with people of all faiths and none, to stand up for dignity, equality and justice. Let's stand together with our neighbours near and far.