Our new Charity of the Year for 2024, Every Drop Counts, is all about helping people in the dry corridor of Nicaragua to grow things through improved irrigation and drought-resistant crops.

Could you help us to raise money for this important work by sowing some seeds for us to sell at our Charity Plant Sale in May?

To help you along, there are packs of seeds you can take away from the back of the church, along with lots of egg boxes which you could use to plant the seeds in.

What we would like you to do:

1. Sow

You could sow your own seeds or cuttings, or a pack from the back of church. You can start them off in an egg box if you like, though they will probably need potting on to something bigger as they grow… how about old yoghurt pots or margarine tubs with holes cut in the bottom? Please try to recycle old pots rather than buying new plastic plant pots!

2. Grow

Look after your plants and keep them growing in pots until late May, and then….

3. Sell for charity

Bring your plants back to church in late May (we’ll publicise the date and where to bring plants to nearer the time), when we’ll be holding a big Charity Plant Sale. Please remember to clearly label what your plants are or we will struggle to sell them!

All plants of any type and size would be so gratefully received for the sale.

Thank you so much for getting involved in this fun project for our new Charity of the Year.

The Charity of the Year Committee

🐣 We are collecting egg boxes for an egg-citing Easter fundraising project for our new Charity of the Year, ‘Every Drop Counts’. Could you help out by saving your egg boxes in the run-up to Easter and bringing them in to church? Any size boxes will be very helpful – thanks so much!

We are also in need of unopened packets of flower seeds – if you have any spare that you aren’t planning to use, please do bring these too.

Thank you so much for your help and support! 🌱

The Charity of the Year Committee