A magical Winter Flower Festival
A small community can easily be daunted by having to raise a massive amount of money to save core heritage – in our case the Norman church at the heart of the conservation area in Flamstead, Hertfordshire. But there are advantages which fundraisers will benefit...Roaming the rafters
Fund-raising has its occasional advantages – it’s not often you get to roam the rafters in St Leonard’s church and find yourself in company like this! From the temporary scaffold I had a privileged chance to see the wall paintings close up. They are...Up, up and away!
We had a great time on 30th September when villagers packed St Leonard’s to capacity for the balloon release to mark the official start of our fundraising campaign to save the church. We were honoured to have the Mayor and Mayoress of the Borough of Dacorum as...Fundraising for the church – getting our bearings
The big question for most church fundraising groups is likely to be “how do we raise THAT much?!” For us it’s a race against time, because the building is threatened with closure…