The parish AGM. votes that 10% of the offertory collections at the two churches in the parish goes to support parish charitable projects.
CAFOD is an on-going project and  other projects are chosen at the annual meeting:

Currently these are:

Southern Africa Appeal

 CAFOD - Catholic Agency for Overseas Development - a major British charity which has been fighting Third World poverty since 1962.  ‘We believe that all human beings have a right to dignity and respect and that the world’s resources are a gift to be shared by all men and women whatever their race, nationality or religion.’ Their programmes include education and skills training, health care, provision of safe water and the development of agricultural and business projects. They also respond to emergencies such as war and famine They campaign on behalf of the world’s poor and raise awareness through education programmes 

2010:
It was decided to choose for this year:

Fr. Pedro (Comboni Missionary) now training missionaries in Peru;
Voluntary Service Overseas in Ghana for disabled support;
Water, health etc. provision in Madagascar.
(Each of these has a parishioner with close connections to the project.)
Also, CAFOD is ongoing, as above.

 

 In addition, there is also a Fair Trade shop at each church once a month, which takes, on average, about £100 at Wellington (1st Sundays) and £30 at Wiveliscombe (4th Sundays.)  This is run in conjunction with Wellington Methodist Church who order the goods for sale.  Used postage stamps are collected for the missions.