Please contribute to our Harvest collection in support of WaterAid by taking a bottle of water for a minimum donation of £1.

The water is proper bottled water in sealed bottles. It has been donated to us by Southern Water through their suppliers, Water on the Move.

Each bottle of water represents a minimum donation of £1 (more if people want to give it) to WaterAid.

We have 1,000 ½ litre bottles of water to distribute. This will represent half a tonne of water and will raise at least £1,000 for WaterAid

Bottles of water will also be presented as Harvest offerings at the altar in Church at our Harvest festival at 10.15am on Sunday 1 October.

Please join us then or at our other regular services.

WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.

WaterAid works with people in 17 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region to improve their quality of life through lasting improvements to water, sanitation and hygiene education using local skills and practical, sustainable technologies.

1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water, this is roughly one sixth of the world's population

2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, this is roughly two-fifths of the world's population

A child dies every 15 seconds from water-related diseases. This amounts to nearly 6000 deaths, or the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing, every day

WaterAid projects providing safe water, sanitation and hygiene education cost just £15 per head

The integrated approach of water, sanitation and hygiene reduces the number of deaths caused by diarrhoeal diseases by an average of 65%

The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20kg, the same as the average UK airport luggage allowance

2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die every year from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene

At least 90% of drinkable water in the world is underground. This source of water is increasingly threatened with depletion and contamination

Since 1950 the world population has doubled but water consumption has increased six-fold

Diarrhoea alone kills 1.8 million children under five every year, but most cases can be prevented or treated

It is 12% more likely that children will attend school if water is available within 15 minutes rather than one hour's walk. 11% more girls attend school when sanitation is available

The simple act of washing hands with soap and water can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by over 40%