Through talks, appeals and presentations, the main tasks the Area Secretary is responsible for are:
Awareness – to raise the level of awareness of the activities of this Catholic charity’s pastoral and spiritual work.
Names – to increase the number of active benefactors of Aid to the Church in Need by collecting on Gift Aid envelopes, the names and contact details of those who wish to receive information about our work.
Donations – to produce income for the charity by inspiring people to make donations.
Sale of ACN Trading items – to produce income by holding a stall at each appeal offering a selection of ACN Trading items for sale.
Appeals
The Area Secretary will give an agreed number of appeals each year. Initially this will be
twelve appeals per annum:
The appeals will take place in Church during Mass on Saturday evenings and / or Sundays. One appeal or talk means all Masses in a parish over one weekend. Due to the amalgamation of parishes a parish may occasionally be comprised of several churches and therefore an appeal may occasionally involve speaking at 2 to 3 venues over one weekend.
The Area Secretary may be requested to give
up to 3 Talks to school, college or university groups in place of one of the 12 appeals.