Garden Fete June

The Garden Fete together with some generous donation raised just over £1539

The weather on the last Sunday in June has always turned out well for our fundraising events and we have been doing them for many, many years! It was lovely to see people enjoying themselves as they browsed the stalls or chatted with their mugs of tea in hand. Lovely to see the children also enjoying themselves.

These events are very hard work, not only on the day, but in the preparation and the clearing up, so I must say a very special thank you to the many people who worked so hard to prepare goods for the stalls, who carried tables, chairs, tents, plants and books around Bradfield and helped put them into place------ and cleared up afterwards! Thank you to everyone who supplied Bric a Brac and books and wonderful cakes cooked through the red heat alert!!!! It is lovely to work with other organisations, so thank you Bradfield WI for cake supplies and to members of Mistley Church for supplying tents and helping to put them up. It was also nice to have our local Knit and Natter running a stall. a few pictures in the gallery.

Ladies Breakfast

Our thanks to Ray and Heather who produced a wonderful breakfast for the ladies, which was severed by members of the Men’s Breakfast Group. The meal was followed by a humorous talk by Paul Smith. The event raised £261 for Friends funds

Paintings for sale

Henry Lambon, one of our members  has once again generously donated several of his own paintings of local scenes, to be sold with all profits going to the Friends of St Lawrence , to be used on agreed projects with the PCC of St Lawrence Church Bradfield. Below are photos of the paintings which are on sale. This is a chance to have some original artwork on your walls, so don’t miss out!

We are inviting people to make offers for each of these paintings  over the next few weeks, with a deadline of Friday 17th July.

 A request to view the originals or make a bid can be done via the email facility on the contact us link.Please  include the name of the painting, the bid amount and your contact details. Each  painting will go to the highest bidder after the deadline.

 St George’s Church Great Bromley. Approx. 56.5 cm wide x 41cm. Acrylic.

 Flatford Mill Approx. 57cm wide x 46 cm. Acrylic 

 Thames Barge “May” Approx. 57cm wide x 45.5cm

Cheese Charcuterie and Wine Evening.

What lovely evening! Wonderful to see old friends and welcome fresh  faces. As the food and wine seemed to have disappeared by the end of the evening, I have to assume everyone enjoyed themselves. There was certainly a lovely atmosphere. A big thank you to the team  that prepared the event and those that cleared up. These events are hard work, and every bit of help is gratefully received. Thanks to a full attendance and some very generous donations the evening raised a magnificent £821,52. The highest total so far for this yearly event. The money will be used to give grants to the PCC to help with various agreed projects to maintain and improve the fabric of St Lawrence Church Bradfield.