For the last two years who have made our advent wreaths at St Oswald's Church and St. Margaret's Hall without using floral foam, which is made out of tiny particles of plastic. Our advent wreaths are constructed using chicken wire and renewable moss as a base. The moss acts as a reservoir for water, and the wire holds it in place. The wreath is sprayed and watered occasionally to keep it damp. The foliage and berries were foraged from the churchyard. For more information contact Jackie Davis via Get in touch on the website. Here is a link to Sustainable Church Flowers https://suschurchflowers.com/3/12/23
Tips on recycling Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas cards. · Most wrapping paper can be recycled in the green bin, as long as any bows, ribbons and sticky tape are removed. · If wrapping paper can be scrunched into a ball then you can recycle it. · Foil or glittery paper paper cannot be recycled, and needs to go in the general waste bin. · Christmas cards are paper based. Remove any decorations from the card that are not made of paper, for example, bows, ribbons, jewels, googly eyes, or the chip in a musical card.30/11/23
Throughout the year at monthly coffee mornings and other events we support a range of different charities. In addition at our tNovember Parochial Church Council we also agreed to donate to a number of local, national and international charities:Local & national: Autistica, Leeds Autism Support, 2nd Chance (Brain injury charity), Little Hiccups (children with disablities) and Community Awareness Programme (Homeless/Poverty)International: Medicine Sans Frontieres, Lend with Care, Wateraid. Links:Home - Autism | AutisticaLeeds Autism ServicesSecond Chance (secondchancewakefield.com)CAP CareLittle Hiccups – support – share – experiencehttps://www.wateraid.org/ukMSF UK | Médecins Sans FrontièresMicrofinance from CARE International UK (lendwithcare.org)posted 14/11/23
