1/ SHOUT Helps those who are really struggling to feed their families and the homeless. If you can spare an extra item from your shopping, please donate it to SHOUT Worthing – Soup Kitchen. There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary’s. Holy Family also support a similar charity http://www.worthingsoupkitchen.co.uk
SHOUT have opened a new charity shop at 147 Montague Street, Worthing, supporting the most vulnerable in our community.
2/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week. A recent study at Cambridge University found that one quarter of Catholics observed the Friday abstinence from meat. This translates into saving 55,000 tons of carbon per year. If all Catholics did this we would save 220,000 tons each year. If we all had a second meat free day that would be 440,000 ton saved
3/ From CAFOD Over 17,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Famine is closing in. Hospitals lie in ruins. And life-saving aid is stuck at the border.
This is not just a humanitarian crisis – it’s the systematic erosion of what makes us human.
The UK government is right to condemn Israel’s current actions in Gaza and suspend trade negotiations with Israel. But this is far too little.
Please tell your MP that the UK government must take bolder and more decisive action https://cafod.org.uk/campaign/latest-campaigns
4/ Children of all ages can combine reading with nature and the great outdoors at West Sussex libraries when taking part in Story Garden, the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge.
The annual initiative aims to encourage kids to keep reading over the school holidays with rewards available for completing the challenge, including a special medal and certificate.
The free activity runs right across the summer and children aged 4 to 11 can join in anytime from Saturday 12 July to Saturday 13 September.
Meanwhile, little ones aged four and under can join the Story Garden Mini Challenge and collect stickers as they share library books over the summer, before receiving a special gold sticker and certificate when they finish.
This is a great way to get young people interested in our environment and inspire them to take action to address climate change – one of our aims in West Sussex Libraries Climate Action and Adaption Plan.