Category Archives: Charity Fundraising

Anonymous Art Sale: Can You Help?

As part of the Arts Festival at St Mary’s from 10th – 12th September, we will have a wall of ‘Anonymous Art’ on sale. Every A5 size work will be priced at £25 – some will be by the professional artists exhibiting at the festival, some will be by local amateurs, students, school children and anyone who wants to join in!

Could you create a piece of ‘art’ for the anonymous wall? All proceeds will go to ‘Pumps for Mpwapwa’ – building a solar-powered water pump in a small village in Tanzania.

It can be any kind of art:.

  • Painting
  • Sketch
  • Cross stitch or embroidery
  • Photograph
  • Collage
  • Mixed media
  • … or anything else you can think of!

Everyone is welcome to join in – of any age and any ability.

Our only requests are:

  1. It is A5 size
  2. Please don’t sign your artwork on the front! It must be anonymous to customers browsing to buy.
  3. Please do put your name on the back of your work – whoever buys your piece can then find out who it is by.

There will be a postbox inside church for you to safely deposit your artwork.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 31st August.

Please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in joining in with this fun project for an excellent cause.

Pop Up Classics: Friday 16th July, 7.30pm

We are delighted that our friends from Symphonia Academica will be joining us once again to perform a live concert at St Mary’s on Friday 16th July at 7.30pm.

Boccherini Oboe Quintet in F, op 55 no 2

Beethoven Serioso String Quartet op 95

Bliss Oboe Quintet

  • Rebecca Wood oboe
  • Peter Bussereau & Marcus Broome violins
  • Ania Ullman viola
  • Ben Rogerson cello

The concert will last approximately 1 hour (without interval).

There will be a retiring collection in aid of our own Charity of the Year, Pumps for Mpwapwa.

Please wear a face mask and observe social distancing at all times. Entrance with reserved spaces only.

To book your place, please contact bussereau@icloud.com or telephone 01582 882 159.

Quartet Camerata Concert: Sunday 13th June

Please note that the time of this concert has changed – it will now begin at 4.00pm

We are thrilled that Quartet Camerata will be joining us once again on Sunday 13th June, this time in the form of a string trio.

They will perform:

  • Beethoven Duet for Viola and Cello
  • Françaix 1933 String Trio
  • Beethoven String Trio op 9 no 2

The concert will last about an hour without an interval. Please wear a face mask and observe social distancing.

Entrance with reserved spaces only. .

To reserve your place please contact bussereau@icloud.com or phone 01582 882 159.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of our St Mary’s Charity of the Year, Pumps for Mpwapwa.