New Life Croydon

New Life Croydon is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1123257).

New Life Croydon is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its primary grant-making aim is to provide missions support to individuals and institutions, and it mainly supports missions, including church planting, evangelism and support for national workers. It also makes grants to individuals for the relief of immediate financial needs. Its annual giving was £34,476, and 12½% of its general income goes directly to its missions programme.

Priority Areas

New Life Croydon’s grant-making is centred on missions and the furtherance of the Christian gospel. It supports missionaries and mission activity in the United Kingdom and overseas, including church planting, evangelism, support for national workers and Christian social action. Its stated primary grant-making aim is missions support for individuals and institutions; the missions programme also provides regular support for individuals and families and responds to specific needs and crises. It additionally makes grants to individuals for immediate financial needs. Its missionary-support policy says it primarily supports people rather than projects and would not normally support the project or organisation itself. Its wider charitable work includes worship, Bible teaching, pastoral care, a pre-school, and relief of hardship and sickness.

Themes

• Christian missions
• Financial hardship

Geographic Focus

The United Kingdom.

The published regular missionary-support process asks applicants to pray it through, seek advice from trusted friends or church members, complete the missions support application form and return it to a Missions Committee member. The committee considers applications, usually asks applicants to present their vision, recommends support to the elders and follows up with a conversation or meeting. The short-term policy allows occasional help for receiving local churches and ministries.

Who can apply:

• Regular missionary support: We would primarily look to support those who call New Life their home church and have been regular attendees and active participants over a period of time. We would only consider supporting people from outside the church in exceptional circumstances and we would expect people to fully share New Life's ethos and be actively involved in a local church.
• Short-term missions: Those applying would usually be committed members of New Life who are already involved in some area of serving the church. On occasions there may be opportunities for people from other churches to join New Life short-term mission trips.

What to send:

• Regular missionary support: Complete the attached missions support application form.

What the charity says:

• The charity mainly supports individuals and institutions with established relationships and effective involvement in its purposes that has the trustees’ confidence.