Not only are we officially a Fairtrade church, we have just been awarded bronze status by Eco Church. Eco Church is a learning community of churches of all shapes and sizes open to all denominations. It provides a framework to support our church and its leadership to take practical action on caring for God’s earth, through the Eco Church survey. The survey covers five key areas of church life Worship and teaching, Buildings and energy, Land and nature, Community and global engagement and Lifestyle. We are working actively towards being carbon neutral by 2023 which is a Church of England target.

Not only are we officially a Fairtrade church, we have just been awarded bronze status by Eco Church.

The big match will see the huge cup being battled over; one team will lift it high in triumph; there is strangely a link to Bewcastle - read on to discover what it is -

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Is this the mark left by a stray cannonball? It's high up on the church wall and revealed when scaffolding shrouded the building earlier this year

After two months shrouded in scaffolding the church is now looking much better cared for.

You'll no doubt agreed that the building now looks well cared for.