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The Friends...... You will have noticed by looking at our website that for almost four years we were unable to use the Church building because of serious
damage to the ceiling.
Plaster from the ceiling had fallen away and presented a serious danger
to those using and visiting our Church.
We were of the opinion that the cause of the damage was due to faulty workmanship and the
Church PCC need to pursue the matter as well as raise money to repair the ceiling and reopen the Church.
Whilst the Church PCC pursued the legal and practical issues of who
was to blame, if indeed the damage was as a result of shoddy workmanship, a small group of church members decided to form
a group to raise funds to support the repairing of the Church ceiling.
The group became the Friends of
All Saints Church Longstanton. The 'Friends of All Saints Church Longstanton’ are a Charity set up to restore All Saints Church Longstanton.[Charity Registration Number 1115069]
The key objectives of the Charity are to maintain, repair, restore, preserve, improve, beautify and reconstruct
for the benefit of the public the fabric of the Church of All Saints, Longstanton, its monuments, fixtures, fittings furniture,
stained glass, ornaments and other chattels and its churchyard.
To achieve these objectives, the Charity will obtain and collect money and funds
by way of contributions, donations, subscriptions, covenants legacies, grants and appeals. If you wish to support the work of the Charity [Friends of All Saints Church Longstanton] by making a donation, gift or through regular subscriptions, you will find the details
of how you may provide such support on the ‘making a donation’ Friends
link.
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| Making a donation........ |
Making a Donation
Welcome to the Friends of All Saints Church Longstanton donation service.
All donations made will be gratefully accepted and will go toward the work associated with our re-opening the Church. To make a donation, send a crossed cheque made payable to the 'Friends of All Saints Church Longstanton' to the following address:- 13 Thatchers WoodLongstantonCambridgeCB4
5BX If you require a receipt for payment, please do not hesitate to ask for one. or you can make a direct payment
into the bank account of the 'Friends of All Saints Church Longstanton' via the Cooperative Bank quoting account number 65200531.
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Thank you.......
We want
to say a big “thank you” to Gallagher Estates who donated £20,000 to the project.
We are very
grateful to all who have given – however large or small the gift.
Your contributions
have made it possible for us to re-open the Church and start to make much need improvements.
Making regular payments via Standing Order
If you wish to make regular payments to the Charity via a Standing Order these may be set up via your Bank. The
details for setting up payments are:
Payments to
Friends
of All Saints Church Longstanton.
BANK:
The
Cooperative Bank
75
Burleigh Street
Cambridge
CB1
1DF
BANK Sort code
08-92-99
Bank Account No
65200531
* You will need to state within your Standing Order
the regular monthly amounts that you wish to pay
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| Our History - 800 years in the making |
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All Saints Church Ceiling
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| The story so far............ |
In
Great Shape - but for how long?
All Saints' Church
All Saints' Church
is 850 years old and a very beautiful and ancient building.
It is also an important memorial site for
the thousands of Bomber Command Aircrew who perished during World War II. No. 7 Squadron,
currently still operational, is the last of the Pathfinder Squadrons and each year an annual service is held at the church
to commemorate their close links with the Church.
The loss of use of the main building caused considerable anguish
to the Squadron and its many friends. All Saints' is an important local landmark and we were facing increasing pressure
from residents to repair the ceiling and re-open it.
After four years of hard work, legal wrangling and significant
fund raising, the church was reopened in September 2007 and we have now embarked upon a program of renovation and improvements
to the whole building.
English cathedrals have never been in better condition nor better cared for. Yet
they may soon be at risk. That's the paradoxical conclusion of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England (CFCE)
in its Annual Review 2008, published recently. CFCE has major concerns about the significant reduction in government-backed
funding for cathedrals, especially with the demise at the end of 2009 of English Heritage's ring-fenced cathedral repair
fund.
Meanwhile, the overall Heritage Lottery Fund budget has fallen dramatically. There are 42 Church
of England cathedrals. It costs them in excess of £10 million a year simply to maintain their fabric, and closer
to £30 million if all major repairs are included. The bulk of the money is raised locally.
And
it's not just cathedrals - medieval parish churches require constant funds to keep them in good repair. We are delighted
to have a "Friends" group attached to both our churches and these groups work really hard to raise funds to maintain
the fabric of our churches - but more help is needed.
If you are concerned to see our churche kept open (even
if you never attend church services) then do have a word with John Frost (Longstanton).
And
if you choose to do nothing, then don't complain if at some future date we are forced to close our church buildings.
If you feel that you would like to
be part of the team working to improve the church or would like to make a donation in support of their work, please get
in touch with one of the Friends. You will find their contact details on the contact page.
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