We've been working hard over the year as a church, to care for God's good creation and share this with our community. We couldn't do any of this on our own, and we've been blown away by how people have gotten involved.If you would like to get involved with our commitment to creation care, pop in and see us!Over our five Benefice churches, here's what we achieved in 2024:numerous car loads of items to the Bassetlaw Food Bank, including 123 items of children's clothing 'rescued' from a lane where they would potentially never degrade because of what they are made of, and spoiling our beautiful countryside.weekly drop offs for recycling of used medication blister packs used eyeglasses, pen and stamps recycled, instead of going to landfill30,900!! aluminium cans being recycled raising £412 for Tearfund's WASH initiative, helping support the creation of safe washing and drinking facilities for vulnerable communities147 plastic sweet tubs, as part of the TUBS2PUBS scheme, being recycled instead of going to landfill ( this scheme has recycled 230, 000 plastic sweet tubs over the last five years)A toilet in All Saints Mattersey twinned with one in a rural community in Tanzania ( raised from collecting small change during our regular quiz nights)700 bras collected as part of Bawtry against Breast Cancer month, either recycled, repurposed or reused via the Foodbank. 44 Christmas shoe boxes delivered as part of the Samaritans Purse scheme. All Saints also made knitted hats for the baby unit at St James hospital; 30 were handmade by the ladies at our Craft and Chat group - see the picture in this post.
