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St Peter’s walkers raise more than £1,000 for Christian Aid Week

Wednesday July 8th 2026

Seven parishioners of St Pater’s, Antrim Road, who each completed a 20-mile walk, raising more than £1,000 for Christian Aid Week. Left to right: walk organiser and Christian Aid representative Jill Bradley; Hazel Maguire; Dora Hanna; Judith Cowan; Thelma Cross; Margaret McKenna Black; and Annette Beattie. Credit: Christian Aid/Lisa Fagan

Seven parishioners of St Peter’s Parish, Antrim Road, have each completed a 20-mile walk, raising more than £1,000 for Christian Aid Week, the charity’s annual flagship appeal.  

The ladies each covered four miles per day for five consecutive days, setting off from their church to the Waterworks Park on the Lower Antrim Road and back again – they all belong to a walking group at the church and step out together throughout the year. 

Their fundraising walk was sponsored by the St Peter’s parishioners and it has just been confirmed that the total raised was £1,047. 

The walk was organised by retired teacher Jill Bradley who gives her time freely as Christian Aid’s representative at St Peter’s, coordinating the church’s fundraising efforts on the charity’s behalf.

Christian Aid was established by the main Protestant churches in Britain and Ireland in 1945, in response to the refugee crisis in Europe at the end of WWII. Today, Christian Aid works to ease the suffering of people affected by extreme poverty, conflict and disaster in more than 20 countries worldwide. Every May, during Christian Aid Week, thousands of congregations and individuals raise funds for the charity’s work in what is one of the UK and Ireland’s greatest acts of Christian witness.

Christian Aid Ireland Chief Executive Rosamond Bennett thanked Jill and all the walkers, as well as the rector of St Peter’s, the Rev Brian Lacey, and all his parishioners for their generous donations.

She said: “Our supporters at St Peter’s Parish have been stepping out and digging deep to help people in desperate need around the world, and we are hugely grateful to them all. Kind-hearted people like these are making a difference in the lives of people experiencing poverty, conflict and disaster.”

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