Christians from Worthing are heading to India to help the poor.

A mission from Broadwater Christian Fellowship leaves on Sunday and plans to visit two social care projects in the country.

The group will be led by Chris Chatfield, who is being accompanied by church minister Vickie Blair, with Maria Scard and Patrick Woodward.

The team's first stop will be the slums of Bombay, followed by a visit to an orphanage and training centre in Trivandrum, in the south of the country.

On their return the group plans to arrange a curry evening to talk about the visit.

Team member Patrick Woodward said: "India is obviously a land of tremendous need but that means there are also many opportunities to offer help and support.

"We will no doubt learn a lot from our visit and hopefully will be able to develop ongoing support and funding for the projects."

Broadwater Christian Fellowship meets at the Oasis Centre, Broadwater Road, on Sundays at 10.30am.