#RedWednesday 2025 - 19th November
Established in 2016 ACN’s #RedWednesday campaign is your opportunity to shine a light on the suffering of millions who are persecuted for their faith. Please join us on the lead up to #RedWednesday, (this year 19th November).

We are looking for communities and individuals nationwide to take action by sharing our work, attending an event or fundraising. Will you put your faith in action to help raise awareness and bring hope to those who need it most?

Join #TeamRed and together help ACN raise £500k4HOPE via #RedWednesday matched challenge. Click the button below to set up a page, or to support another in their efforts to help change the life of a suffering Christians.

The group meets next on Wednesday 7TH jANUARY at 5.30pm on Zoom.
Email Fr. Matthew for an invite.

Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for December focuses on Christians living in areas of conflict, urging them to be "seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope."
Prayer Intention
Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to pray for Christians living in war-torn regions, particularly in the Middle East. He emphasizes the importance of solidarity and support for these communities, stating:
"Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope."

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY - We tackle poverty in all its forms by providing assistance to people in need. During December we are helping to collect nightwear for hospital patients in liaison with the Nevill Hall hospital chaplaincy and we have an urgent appeal for donations to restock the food pantry and provide families with vouchers for Christmas at All Saints School Ebbw Vale. Your continued help is always gratefully received. New members always welcome to join us. For further information on SVP
visit: https://www.svp.org.uk contact: presidentg050512@svp.org.uk, or Fr Matthew.

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Seven years after opening to the public, our exhibition will close on 20 December until March 2028 when the building will reopen.

The project has been extremely fortunate to have the commitment of a central core of volunteers led by the indefatigable Ann Payne as Volunteer Coordinator. They have managed the exhibition space through two refurbishments, umpteen window designs and Covid. They have made costumes, designed displays, organised fundraising opportunities and welcomed visitors all on a shoestring. The exhibition has been consistently staffed for three days a week from March to December, only pausing during Covid in 2020 and 2021.

Our volunteers have been the public face of Gunter, maintaining a cheery smile even when it seemed as though nothing was happening. The successes we have enjoyed this year have been built on the tireless commitment, care and enthusiasm of our volunteers.

Special mention must go to Ann who does more than anyone realises frequently going above and beyond. Quite simply, Gunter would not be where it is today without a huge collective effort, and the Trustees would like to pass on their heartfelt thanks.

Thanks to our funders

We couldn't do any of this without our lovely funders:

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Welsh Government Transforming Towns Placemaking grant
Monmouthshire County Council
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Architectural Heritage Fund
Welsh Government's Local Places for Nature Programme
Abergavenny Town Council
Abergavenny Civic Society
Individual supporters
Thanks also to National Lottery p

We are Friends of the Holy Land, and we care for Christians living with extreme suffering and injustice in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (which you may know as the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza), Jordan and Israel. Providing immediate relief and long-term practical support, so that they can remain in the land of their birthright and have hope to survive and thrive.

We are guided by Christian virtues of love and justice, we do this through practical means, by raising awareness and through prayer, as Christ taught.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Christians made up roughly 29% of the overall population of the Holy Land. Today they account for less than 2%. Those remaining face such difficult conditions that many will be forced to leave their homes. Soon this dwindling community may cease to exist at all without our help. This fact, little recognised by Christians around the world, is what drives our vision.

FHL provides practical assistance with everyday living costs. We help people access healthcare and education; and to start and grow businesses. Currently, we are also providing humanitarian aid. Every single day, we aim to provide opportunity and hope.

We are on the ground and deeply connected to these communities. Our local network, rooted in this ancient Christian community, really understand the existing needs. Our committee and staff team in the West Bank as well as our partners in Gaza, Israel and Jordan identify families in need of help and ensure your donations go directly and quickly to them.

At the very heart of what we do every day is to provide opportunity and hope. We are a community of Christians united in supporting our brothers and sisters in the birthplace of our faith.

Friends of the Holy Land embraces and supports all Christians in the Holy Land. We connect them to a worldwide community of Christians and people of good will who care.




By supporting us, you’ll join a community of Christians united in support of our brothers and sisters in the birthplace of our faith. Helping them to remain and thrive. From your heart to the heart of Christianity
https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk/about-us