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St James’s Restoration Fund
Charity Commission Registration Number 1113477
Welcome to website
supporting the fund raising efforts to save St. James Church, Ab Kettleby,
Leicestershire.
We will keep you updated on progress and you can visit the website for news of upcoming events. You will also find minutes of our meetings page and feel free to contact us with any enquiries, donations or fund raising ideas.
Many thanks for your continuing support to achieve our objective of:
"The Restoration and Ongoing Maintenance, of St James’ Church Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire. This will be for the benefit of the entire village of Ab Kettleby"
LATEST NEWS...
The total in the kitty now stands at over £20,000, many thanks to all
of you who have taken part in or helped organise events. You will see
that we have an extensive range of upcoming events....
To keep up with the latest news please visit our Meetings
page and read the latest set of minutes.
Thanks for your continued support.
Who are we? What are we up to?
You may well have heard that due to the large amount of restoration work
required to make St. James Church safe, it was questionable as to whether
or not it was worth keeping the church functioning.
Following a meeting at the community centre in 2005, chaired by Rev. Mike Shepherd, St. James's Restoration Fund was formed with the sole purpose of raising enough finance quickly enough to save the church from closure.
The paperwork was raised to formally register the organisation as a Charity.
It was believed that if we could raise in excess of £10,000 before
June 2006, we would be in a position to apply for grant aid to carry out
the most urgent repairs that are required.
The group have met regularly organising numerous events with others being arranged by Villagers wishing to support the Trusts objectives.
The fundraising plans are well under way, and our initial Target of £10,000 by June 2006 was beaten by £1000 this allowed the church and Trust to commission the measurement work needed this was initiated at the beginning of the summer. Subsequently grant aid was applied for but was not approved as there was no detail of the exact restoration work to be undertaken. The application will be reprocessed as soon as the extent and exact cost of works can be quantified.
Meanwhile we will continue with the fundraising efforts which are reflected in the indicator - setting ourselves the target of £ 10,000 per year. The current total is approximately £20,000 at the end of January 2008 as some fairly large amounts were spent on monitoring movement in the structure of the church during 2007. Details of forthcoming activities can be found on our events page and we hope that everyone in the village will find an event that they will enjoy taking part in.
The task of raising the finance will not be easy, but with the support of the villagers, we are confident that the target will be achieved, and our aim is to have fun and involve the whole community in different events.
There are four Trustees of the charity: David Sykes, Andrée Carter, Wilson Boardman and Mathew Turner.
In addition, there is a hard-working team who will be ensuring that our events run according to plan. If you would like to become involved in any way whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01664 823097 or by direct e-mail to this site.
Please contact us with your e- mail address as this will allow us to update you with our latest information and events as they happen. Also if you have any suggestions or would like to organise a fund raising event please contact us and we will ensure that we give you the support you need.