THE FRIENDS OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH FINDON
Helping to preserve our historic church for future generations
Welcome
The Friends of St John the Baptist Church Findon is a charitable trust
which supports the restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance and improvement of Findon Church.
This includes the monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in the church and of the churchyard.
Our only goal is to secure the long-term existence of the church and its property for the enjoyment of future generations.
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 6TH MAY
Return of the Vintage Car Rally
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A great day out, lots of interesting cars
and motorcycles, BBQ and tea tent.
To be held at Findon Place
by kind permission of Caroline Hill.
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Free entry, donations much appreciated.
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You can view photos of the 2022 Rally
on the Findon Village website:
EVENTS
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CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2023
The event raised £6,000 towards the running
costs of the church, while the Friends raised a further £1,300 for the fabric of the church
from refreshments and the sale of the cookbook.
It was a wonderful community event,
enjoyed by over 1,000 visitors.
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You can view photos on the parish website:
Home | parish Findon Clapham Patching (findon-clapham-patching-churches.com)
QUIZ NIGHT 24th FEBRUARY 2024
This was a very successful evening, enjoyed by a sell-out 80 guests, with some great team performances, resulting in a fantastic profit on the night of £697. As always, our fundraising events give a great deal of pleasure to many local folk and help to keep our church and its activities in the forefront of people’s minds. We were very lucky to have Jonathan and his family run the quiz, free of charge, apart from a free fish & chip supper. Our profit from last year's quiz was £487 - an increase of £210 or 43% !! Thank you to everyone who helped organise and run this event and to everyone who attended.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can become a Friend of Findon Church
from as little as £10 per annum per household.
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You can leave a legacy.
Support the work needing to be carried out
in the future with a bequest.
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You can volunteer.
There will always be projects and maintenance
work to do on the church and churchyard,
and fund raising events in need of help.
Keep an eye the websites for forthcoming events
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PROJECTS
For information about past projects
funded by the Friends and future work
for which funding is needed, click here.
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To gain an insight into the work of the Friends read the Minutes of the AGM 2022 here.
Trustees Annual Report & Financial Statements are available here.