Blythswood

Since 1966, Blythswood Care has combined the Christian message with practical help for those in need. Whether through filled shoeboxes at Christmas, relief and development aid or social projects for young and old, Blythswood brings hope to thousands in Europe, Africa and Asia. Blythswood is committed to long-term care projects in Romania, enabling disadvantaged children and young people fulfil their potential. With the support of people like you, Blythswood provides loving care for body and soul.

 

7 April 2026

Daniel Centre

They now have one new lad in the Centre – seven lads now out of a capacity of eight or nine. All the lads receive £500 monthly from the government on condition that they are actively looking for employment.

Balazs’s wife Agnes has been running the Basis programme for a long time now to provide food parcels for needy families. Blythswood plan to wind up Basis in July as the families are now receiving better support from the government.

Following up on their trip to Africa last month, Jeremy Ross is now considering Blythswood’s giving the necessary financial support to a community of 3,000 people on Rusinga Island near the Sargy school in Kenya for a project to supply drinking water there. They are also hoping to support a young lady who could possibly take over the Streams of Hope in Zimbabwe when the current 78-year-old founder of the programme is no longer able to run it.

A second Beacon Centre has now been opened in a slum in Mumbai, India not far from the original multi-storey Beacon Centre which provides after-school support for 50 children
of ladies from the red-light district of Navi Mumbai.

 

Talita Kum

Adi has thankfully found Talitha Kum’s tax is less than anticipated and work has been running smoothly there.