How to Help St Mary’s

 
Everything we do has two vital ingredients. We need lots more of both, so please read on. We need VOLUNTEERS to help with: Events Looking after the Church Organising Flowers Selling tickets Cleaning Helping at events Churchyard tidying and gardening Services Publicity Providing/serving refreshments Preparing notices Sidesperson (collection etc.) Distributing notices Click here to email us details of how you would like to help and we need FINANCE: Did you know: The Church of England requires each community to fund its local church in full;
 Our contribution to the payroll costs for the clergy and their support staff is just over £5,000 per year;
 It costs over £2,000 per year and a lot of volunteer work to keep the churchyard looking tidy;
 Our insurance and electricity together cost over £2,000 per year;
 After we meet our basic costs, we rarely have much left over to meet the repair programme (totalling over £25,000) recommended in our recent 5 yearly inspection;
 Over 90% of our regular income comes from donations from individuals and fund raising work by volunteers. Can you help us with fund-raising - organising appeals, grant applications? Click here to email us Can you help us with a one off donation ? Click here for a donation form: donation2.pdf Why not become a regular donor ? Click here for a standing order form: standingorder.pdf Don’t forget that if you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid can increase your donation by 25% Click here for a Gift Aid form: giftaid.pdf and, before you go, Why not remember St Mary’s (and other charities) in your will by opening a Charities Aid Foundation Legacy Account ? Click here for details mailto:marje.caie@tiscali.co.uk?subject=Good%20News!%20I%20want%20to%20help%20St%20Mary's%20Churchmailto:marje.caie@tiscali.co.uk?subject=Good%20News!%20I%20want%20to%20help%20St%20Mary's%20ChurchHow_to_Help_files/donation2.pdfHow_to_Help_files/standingorder.pdfHow_to_Help_files/giftaid.pdfhttp://www.cafonline.org/PDF/CAFLegacy.pdfHow_to_Help_files/donation2_1.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5