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Launch of 'Sponsor a Speaker' or 'Buy a Sound Item'

Late last year the PCC adopted the proposal for a new, up to date, Sound System which will enhance our worship at every service, including those accompanied by our burgeoning music group.

We felt that the Christmas period, with its varied services, including the many Carol Services, showed that higher quality voice and music projection could make an appreciable difference to the spiritual experience of the congregations.

This project is St. Nicolas' main fund-raising priority at present and we already have funds covering nearly half of the total quotation.

The major cost of the system is of course the equipment and we would like to give parishioners the opportunity to sponsor individual items.

A list of items and costs is available at the back of the church, so please have a look and see how you can contribute.  Do ask a churchwarden or one of the Sound Team to help if anything is unclear.

For example, £12.70 buys 10 m of speaker cable, £28 buys a microphone stand, £124 for each small speaker and £189 for each large loudspeaker.

For the more expensive items, it may be that several people would like to form a syndicate and that would be great.  Even a small contribution towards any item would be very welcome and all will be publicly acknowledged unless you wish your donation to be anonymous in which case please liaise directly with a Churchwarden.

There are some construction costs and much higher priced items which are listed elsewhere in case we are approached by Corporate or very generous private sponsors. Please ask to see these if you are interested.

We can of course increase our income by 28% if we can claim Gift Aid.  Please ask for help in indicating on the form if you are a taxpayer and therefore able to Gift Aid your donation.       Many thanks!

St Nicolas can now benefit when you shop on-line
There’s now an easy way for you to help raise funds (initially for the proposed new Sound System) for St Nicolas Parish Church, Cranleigh

easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing some 2,000 of your favourite on-line stores.  Just use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop on-line and, at no extra cost to you, St Nicolas will receive a free donation of anything from 0.5% even up to 15% (average seems to be 2.5%) from every purchase you make.
It really is that simple!  Evidently as overheads are lower for on-line sales then the retailers or service providers return some of their profits to us via easyfundraising.

It’s completely free to register and you won’t pay a penny more for your shopping when you use the easyfundraising site.  In fact you can even save money as many retailers offer discounts and special offers exclusive to easyfundraising.

If you shop on-line anyway then why not help raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme.

All you need to do is visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/stnicolascranleigh and when you register, simply select "St Nicolas Parish Church - Cranleigh - Surrey"
as the organisation you wish to support.  No personal details are required - just your e-mail address so that you and your chosen beneficiary will be recognised when you sign on again.

Whenever you are shopping for home, office, presents, holiday or insurance ...
Stop!  Think!  Sign on to easyfundraising and simply follow the link to your favourite retailer or service provider - with over 2.000 of the best-known retailers on board yours is more than likely to be there.  Keep shopping through easyfundraising and St Nicolas will continue to benefit. Thank you!

On-going Restoration Work
As with any ancient building (ours dates back to 1170 - see Guide page), we have a continuing need for the upkeep of the fabric.
Some 12 years ago we had sufficient funds to decorate the interior of the church - an easy job, only to find serious cracks in the tower area and the actual tower pulling away from the main body of the church.
We launched our first major appeal in 1997 and since then we have raised nearly half a million pounds!

The Amount Spent To Date Has Been £474,561

This money has been used for:

Tree Felling and Replanting £12,358
Stabilising the Tower £147,285
Internal Tower Repairs £16,995
Bell Ring Beam repairs for the Millennium £8,225
Lightning Conductor work £5,854
Guttering, Surface Drains and Paths £75,954
Re-Roofing North Aisle, North side of Nave and Choir Vestry £21,454
Repair of West Window £62,741
Replastering Walls and full Interior Redecoration of the Church £72,195
Restoration of Lych Gate £15,500
Re-Roofing of Chancel, North Transept and Clergy Vestry £36,000

During the last five years we have spent some £50,000 per annum on essential repairs and maintenance.  This money has all been collected from the various fund raising efforts of the generous members of the Cranleigh community.

The following work still needs to be done:

To ensure that we maintain the church building as part of our legacy for following Cranleigh generations, future projects include:

If you would like to make a donation towards the continuing restoration work to our church then please send it to:

Under the Gift Aid regulations the HM Revenue and Customs will refund Income Tax on gifts made where the giver has supplied his/her name and address and signed the necessary forms.  For each £10.00 given the Government will donate a further £2.50 - for further information on Gift Aid please contact our Stewarship Secretary, Herb Cherry on 01483 276134