Dear Friend,

You may be a regular attendee at St James’ in Salt or St Peter’s in Hopton, or a local resident who only knows the church as a landmark.

Perhaps your family has had a major family occasion here, say a wedding or a baptism? You may occasionally visit our churchyard that we are proud to keep clean, tidy and inviting for relatives and visitors.

The presence of these beautiful buildings adds greatly to the appeal of our villages, and you will know that they are important parts of our community.

We shouldn’t be surprised if Victorian buildings need repairing from time to time. 

In recent years we have repaired the floor in the church and opened up an area for serving coffee. In 2022 we invested in a new modern electrical heating system. More environmentally friendly and far more efficient than the old oil system. We worship in the warm, which is something many churches can’t say. That is as long as I remember to set the timer. The upkeep of the exterior of the buildings and grounds around the churches – and the churchyard – is expensive and always needs attention. Currently we have a building appeal running to make the church watertight. 

So, to enable us to tackle some of these areas, we need to raise funds.

We are asking the community to help by becoming ‘Friends of Salt and Hopton Churches’.

We are asking you if you could give £5 a month to assist us in looking after the buildings and grounds of our churches.

In return we would like to enroll you in our monthly 50/50 draw.

Half of your £5 monthly donation to the ‘Friends of Salt and Hopton Churches’ will go into a draw, and give you a chance of winning one or more prizes. The size of the prizes depends on how many people join – the more people, the bigger the prizes.

So, if you are interested – and we hope you are! – please take time to think about what St James’ in Salt and St Peter’s in Hopton, mean to you and consider helping our Buildings Appeal by joining our ‘Friends of Salt and Hopton Churches’.

For more information please contact us by clicking here.              mailto:[email protected]   

If you would like  to keep up to date you can check out our Facebook page or the section in the Compass magazine, which is circulated through out the Mid Trent Benefice.