Home Mission

How we support mission

5% of general fund giving is allocated to mission in Northampton and nationally. This enables us to contribute regularly towards the support of selected agencies. Depending on our financial position there may be additional funds for discretionary giving.

Baby Basics Northampton logo with a pink bird illustration on a light blue background

Baby Basics Northampton is a volunteer-led charity set up in 2013 by four mums with the support of Grange Park Church. Working with midwives, health visitors, and other professionals, it gives families in vulnerable situations a Moses basket starter pack full of clothes, toiletries, and essentials. It has delivered over 3500 packs, supporting one in 16 babies born in the county.

Purple stylized C2C logo with the words "SOCIAL ACTION" in gray on a black background

C2C Social Action is a Christian charity founded by Julie Parsons while she was a police officer in Northamptonshire. It gives practical and pastoral support to people at any stage of the criminal justice system, helping them turn away from crime. It runs women’s centres in Northampton, Kettering, and Milton Keynes, along with a therapeutic allotment in Northampton.

EVE logo featuring a purple and green tree with the tagline “transforming lives affected by domestic abuse.”

Eve is a Northampton-based domestic abuse charity that grew out of the Nene Valley Christian Family Refuge, founded in 1984, and took the name “eve” in May 2015. It provides refuge accommodation and community support for women and children, helping survivors rebuild their lives. In 2016 it became the first charity in the UK to fund an occupational therapist for victims of abuse.

Light House Trust Northampton logo with bold black and yellow lettering and a sun icon

The Lighthouse Trust (Northampton) is a Christian charity registered in 1998. It works in schools across Northamptonshire, providing support to pupils, staff, and parents, through the provision of school assemblies, primary to secondary school transition support, RE projects, prayer spaces, and drama workshops.

Manna House Counselling Service logo with a stylized house, blue globe, white leaves, and the tagline “Serving the Community.”

The Manna House Counselling Service is a Northampton-based Christian charity offering professional counselling to everyone in Northamptonshire, whatever their faith or ability to pay. It began in 1985 with one volunteer and a telephone in the basement of the Manna House Bookshop. Today its registered counsellors work with clients aged 7 to 85, and it trains future counsellors and supervisors. Congregation members from St.Giles have served as trustees to the Manna House over the years.

Ways to support

  • Pray for the various organisations.

  • Join the Home Mission Group. Speak to Carol Halliday for more details.

  • Give financially, or get creative with fundraising.

  • Consider becoming a Charitable Trustee.

  • Add an item to your shopping list for Baby Basics or the foodbank - collection boxes are in church next to the North door.