Pathways from Poverty

Through our Christmas appeal in 2017 we raised over £50,000 to sow into numerous community and pioneering endeavours in India and Kenya. Recently, RM Community leader Jon Beardon was able to catch up with Vinu in India to hear about the exciting developments that have happened since.

The south of Serbia suffers from high unemployment rates, especially amongst the Roma communities. Find out how our 2020 Christmas Appeal seed fund has helped launch businesses that will transform their communities.

On the surface it would seem foolish, launching our annual Christmas appeal in the midst of global turmoil. But “Hope for Broken Communities” is part of a much bigger vision for Relational Mission: to see millions of pounds invested to help millions of people in devastated communities around the world.

Over half a million new business start-ups were registered in the UK alone in 2019¹, and less than half will survive their first five years².

That’s a shocking statistic when you consider the amount of time, money and hope invested that will never see a return. It’s even more devastating when you think of the men and women whose hard work wasn’t enough to make their businesses succeed.