Macmillan Coffee Morning Thank you to everyone who supported our Macmillan Coffee Morning on 25 September. The weather was not so kind so we met indoors. I hope everyone enjoyed meeting each other, having a chat and relaxing with a cuppa and cake. £120 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support which will contribute to helping people affected by cancer. Harvest Supper Thank you to those who attended our Harvest Supper on the evening of 25 September. Thank you also to everyone who baked, made sandwiches or soup, sold raffle tickets; we appreciate your support. It was a lovely evening even though space was rather limited. Hopefully our Parish Room will be usable next year. £229 was made for our church funds including £48 from the auction towards our ceiling appeal. Ceiling Appeal Thank you to everyone who has so generously donated to our ceiling appeal. The total so far stands at £3413. It is hoped that work on the ceiling will begin soon. There are a few more fundraisers planned, if anyone can help or suggest other ways for raising funds please contact Linda or Janet. Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who supported our Heritage Open Day on 12 September 2026. Thank you to Sheila and Joan who welcomed everyone into church, Mark who provided the art work, Linda who made the bacon sandwiches, Sue and Ray our friendly servers, Mary and Dianne who ran the cake stall, Glenis and Ann who ran the bottle bag stall, everyone who baked and everyone who came along. We welcomed local people as well as visitors from Manchester, Worthing and Hebden Bridge to name a few. It was lovely to meet everyone I hope you all enjoyed researching our church records
We set off on the 10th September at 10 am. We had a lovely day there were 15 of us. We had one lady with a wheelchair and another with a walker. When we got to Hornsea we went to big garden centre for an hour or so then we went to Whiteheads for Fish & Chips. Everyone enjoyed them. The driver of the bus then took us in to Hornsea. It was beautiful sunny day we split up, then one or two of us had a lovely walk along the front. On our way back heading for the bus we stopped on the front and had a coffee. We had a lovely day with all our friends. The bus driver talked our heads off; he was a nice person but just wouldn't stop talking! Here’s to our next adventure. Love from Friends Of St Botolph’s
At the end of July we discovered that the ceiling above our suspended ceiling in the main room in our Parish Room had deteriorated with age and was falling down. BAD NEWS FOR US.We need to take down the false ceiling and remove all the old ceiling material then make it good by installing a new suspended ceiling. This will tax our already overstretched funds. In the past few years we have had major expense in repairing the church and improving the drainage, restoring the clock, restoring the church windows and relaying the Yorkshire Stone paving around the church to improve health and safety. We were grateful to everyone who donated to the clock appeal that partially paid for its restoration. We have many groups using the Parish Room including Knit and Natter, Lunch Club, Toddler Group, Brownies, Guides, Rainbows, Saviour Trust, Judo and Boxing. Some can use the upstairs and lobby or go into church for their meetings but others need to find a temporary alternative. We are continuing with all church functions like the Heritage Day, Macmillan Coffee Morning, and Harvest Supper. We will use the church when necessary. We need your help in the form of donations or fund raising events so that we can fix the ceiling and continue to offer a safe, warm space to the community for meetings and events. If you can help, please contact Linda or Janet. Each new ceiling tile costs £5 - £6 and we need lots. We will gratefully accept donations and will try to support any fundraising events.You can make a donation on our Go Fund Me Page. Thanks to everyone who supported Linda’s first event on 8th August, a bacon sandwich coffee morning. You helped make an excellent £332.55.
