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Raising funds for essential Church development & repair as well as a way to contribute to community need, is a long standing commitment at St Mary's

Fundraising

fundraising for st marys church

Thank you to the following trusts and charities for supporting the refurbishment works in 2023.

This will include Exterior repairs to the South Aisle, Lady Chapel roof, Choir Vestry roof and North Aisle roof plus making the north and south wall elevations watertight. Finally, there will be the interior refurbishment of the north aisle, vestry, chancel arch and lady chapel ceiling bringing St Mary’s Church back to its former glory.

Sussex Historic Churches Trust (Ride and Stride Campaign) - £10,000

National Churches Trust (Wolfson Trust) - £10,000

Garfield Weston foundation - £15,000

Friends of st mary’s balcombe trust - £80,000

Ian Foulerton trust - £5,000

St Mary's (Balcombe) roof and ceiling has been badly damaged by weather and water. We need to repair it and make it weather-secure to preserve the Church for the christenings, weddings, funerals and services of future generations.

Preserving St Mary's for the Future

As with most Grade 1 listed buildings, St Mary’s Church requires substantial expenditure to maintain it and to preserve it for future generations. We cannot finance such expenditure from our current levels of reserves and income and so but in the past have fundraised to complete some main projects, including:

The restoration of the bells;
The restoration of the clock face and mechanism;
The restoration of three of the Victorian stained glass windows (including the East Window);
The internal re-organisation and fitting out of the West end of the church .

Regular fundraising events that take place include a number of concerts, open gardens, an annual parish barbecue and various trips.

All donations to our fundraising are very gratefully received (see donations page) as are ideas for fundraising events.

Balcombe PCC is a registered charity: Number 1175472

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The Rectory
Haywards Heath Road
Balcombe
West Sussex RH17 6PA
Tel: +44(0)1444 811249