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Medical and humanitarian activities
of the British Association
The British Association is involved in a number of pilgrimages throughout the year: Lourdes (international) in May, Walsingham in September and Holywell in August. Members and Companions join together to visit these shrines, bringing with them sick and handicapped pilgrims.
For more information on the pilgrimages and how to join one, please visit www………
The young volunteers – the Order of Malta
Volunteers (OMV) organise their own pilgrimage to
Lourdes in July in addition to running their own
projects.
For more information on the OMV, please visit www.omv.org.uk
The hospitaller activities are coordinated by the
British Association’s Hospitaller and through The
Companions of the Order of Malta. The Companions of
the Order of Malta is a membership society open to
all those who wish to support the Order and its
work and through whom volunteers are recruited to
assist in these works.
For more information, please visit
www.companions-orderofmalta.org
The Association’s Foreign Aid Service (FAS)
raises money to respond to disaster and emergency
situations as well as to provide long-term
sustainable support to the most needy people in the
world. The FAS works within the international
framework of the Order of Malta , and particularly
Malteser International. The organisation
provides humanitarian aid in all parts of the globe
without distinction of religion, race or political
persuasion. Christian values and the humanitarian
principles of impartiality and independence are the
foundation of its work. Staffed by volunteers,
the FAS is low-cost, and benefits from the
international reach and scale of the Order to be
effective.
For more information, please visit www.orderofmaltafas.org
The Association’s heathcare concerns include St.John’s Hospice and the Hospital of St.John and St.Elizabeth in North London.
The Association is also the lead partner in the
Orders of St John Care Homes Trust – responsible for
the running of 75 homes for nursing and residential
care throughout England.
For more information, please visit www.OSJCT.co.uk
The Association runs smaller projects around the country on an ongoing basis, with members and companions providing assistance to those in need, including elderly housebound and those with disabilities including a major network of assisted transport in central Scotland.