Bassingbourn Parish Church Website

Bassingbourn Parish Church has recently had a major fundraising drive in order to pay for essential repairs to the roof of this historic building. Many events were held, ranging from a Street Market to the Big Village Gig, and from the Bible Reading Marathon to an organ recital.

As well as being held to raise money, all of these events had the additional benefits of involving people from the village who haven't had much of an involvement with the Church before. For instance, more than 250 people participated in the Bible Reading Marathon.

We are now delighted to be able to say that the £175k cost of this project has been funded from a variety of sources, not just our events but also support from English Heritage, various trust funds and donations from the congregation and wider village. We are still negotiating the details of the English Heritage funding and final cost of the contract, which was finished before Christmas 2006, will not be known exactly until December 2007, but at this stage we can say that almost all (if not all!) of the funds have been raised.

Past Events

Past events include:

• Garden Party
• Big Village Gig

Future Events

However, we are pleased to be able to say that we have a number of events coming up soon. Keep your eyes out for more details around the village and in the Village Voice, but the soonest one is:

• Christmas Concert - Saturday 15th Decmeber at 7:30pm. It'll be the Cantilena Singers' second visit to the Church and should be one of the musical highlights of the winter months.

Shop for Bassingbourn Parish Church!

We have been given the chance to benefit from charitable donations from an online shopping service. Basically, at no cost to you, you can choose for Bassingbourn Parish Church to receive a percentage of the money you spend (typically 2% - 15%, depending on the shop).

It costs you nothing, as the shops (Tesco, for example, or maybe Hotel Chocolat for a treat, or any one of over 140 other shops!) will give back a percentage of your order to the site which directed you there (which reflects the lower cost of selling online rather than in the high-street), and this site then passes that money on to us

It is our intention to use all of this money for our ongoing "Appeal Fund" for future improvements to the building, to improve the overall amenity and the church facilities available for the whole village.

To use this easy way to raise money for your Parish Church, at no cost to yourself, click on the link below and then click the button that says "Support Bassingbourn Parish Church". Then click "back to shops" on the left, and get on with your shopping!

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