Work commenced on the refurbishment of the clock faces on 21st August 2023 and was completed on 1st September by The Cumbria Clock Company using Rope Access Equipment. You may have seen two men dangling from our tower during this time. The present clock was installed in 1775 and renovated in 1894, almost 130 years ago. The Friends of St Lawrence began fundraising for the project to restore the clock faces and associated mechanisms directly behind the faces in order for the clocks to continue to be an important feature for our village and to benefit future generations. The Friends of St Lawrence fundraised by appealing to people to sponsor dots and numerals as well as gathering support from businesses and organisations. In total over £15,000 was raised for the work. After cleaning and preparation work, 23 ¾ carat double thickness English Gold Leaf was applied to the relevant parts. We now have beautiful new clock faces which will also work perfectly for years to come.
Dear Rev Alison and the congregation of St Lawrence's,Thank you so much for your very generous donations of food which will be of great benefit to our friends. I am attaching a certificate of appreciation which you might like to display on your church notice board.As you will be aware this year is particularly difficult for everyone and especially the vulnerable in our society. The cost of living crisis is proving to be very challenging. Our work continues to expand as we try to help more and more people who may have just about managed in the past but are now starting to struggle.Each month we email out a House of Bread Newsletter. This is a great way of keeping up to date with what we are up to, any new initiatives you might be interested in and has details of fundraising events that you might like to support. Please let us know if you would like to be included in this.If you would like to donate either as a one-off or on a monthly basis please have a look at the local-giving link at the bottom of the page.Would you, or any of your friends or family be interested in volunteering with us? We have a number of different ways in which you could help. You might help to prepare and serve food in Cafe 43, you could be involved in putting food bags together at our Food Bank unit on Beaconside, we have a tin collection team who collect and distribute our Charity Money collection boxes, or, if you are only available at weekends, then our pop-up cafe held at Church Lane Church, Stafford on the second Saturday of each month. Please get in touch with us if you’d like further information or an informal chat about how we could work together.Once again thank you for thinking of The House of Bread.With very best wishes,Judy PalmerAdministrator
