Around the world, thousands of children under the age of five die every day from easily preventable causes such as malnutrition, malaria, and pneumonia.

Therefore, the first step in effective child development is to ensure that children survive the early years when they are most vulnerable.

Timperley Methodist Church supports, Compassion's Child Survival Programme which is designed to help these little ones survive and thrive, even before they are born. This means educating the mother or primary caregiver, before and after her child is born, about providing critical care during the earliest years.

Working through local church partners, Compassion provides nutrition, medical assistance, parental education and social support for mothers and caregivers to help the world's most impoverished children survive the first few years of life, serving them up to the age of three, when they can be registered into the Child Sponsorship Programme.

Members of the Youth Group, recently supported a number of small projects listed on Kiva, take a look at the link below and see who we've helped in business.

Follwing an evening of supper and presentation from the Wellspring, we were pleased to make a donation to the Wellspring last Autumn, we were able to bring the reality of homlessness on 'our local' streets into our church  life.

The Wellspring is a resource centre for homeless and disadvantaged people. The project is on Harvey St, behind Robinsons brewery in the town centre. The Wellspring is dependant on donations from the general public, businesses, schools and churches. Donations of food, clothing, bedding, toiletries & financial donations are always needed. The Wellspring provides numerous services and everything is completely free of charge. The project is open 365 days a year.

Addtionally, and in the light of this charity, and working closely with Trafford Council, we made our church halls and kitchen facilities avaialble for the use of the homless in our area, during a time of extreme cold last winter.