Paul Windo @ Urban Saints / #5 / 20.5.09

What’s my role…
I guess you’d summarise my role at Urban Saints as ‘communications’. This is a pretty broad remit but one of the most recent tools I have started using for communicating with supporters, (potential) volunteers and partners is ‘Twitter’. The “micro-blogging” application allows me to submit short news updates & links immediately (and more informally) rather than waiting to get things published & branded through the official website. If you’re interested in following what we put out there, go to http://twitter.com/urbansaints

Elsewhere in Urban Saints
Back in the Easter holidays, two teams of young people and leaders went to South Africa to build houses for a deprived community near Johannesburg. The ten-day ‘Youth Mission Project’ (YMP) experience is a great opportunity to get young people working as a team, challenging their faith and making an impact in the lives of others. YMP is not primarily about “building houses” but about “building people” and several hundred people have already experienced and benefit from these opportunities.

How can you help?
Support is about so much more than money – your time, as a volunteer, and your prayers are even more valuable – but without sufficient funding, many of these opportunities will have to be cancelled. Even a few quid a month can make a massive difference. Thanks for your support – please get in touch if you’d like to do more!