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Fund Raising and Restoration
of
St Nicolas Church, Cranleigh
Donate
On-Line
We now have an online giving facility
set up for Gift Day but this will be available all year round.
Simply visit www.charitychoice.co.uk/stnics
and give whatever you can afford. Thank you!
St
Nicolas can benefit when you shop on-line
There’s now an easy way for
you to help raise funds (initially for the newly installed Sound
System) for St Nicolas Parish Church, Cranleigh
Shop On-line
and Raise Funds
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!
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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 over half a million pounds!
Thank
You !
The Amount Spent To Date Has Been
£498,561
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
Upgrade Fire Detection £8,000
Upgrade Electrics £6,000
Upgrade Heating System £10,000
Restoration to North Transept £
Repair work to Church Car Park £
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:
Tower Stonework repairs £10,000
Restore Wall paintings £10,000
Provide new Toilet facilites £
Carry out Interior Decoration £
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If you would like to make a donation
towards the continuing restoration work to our church then please
send it to:
St Nicolas Church
Restoration Fund
The Rectory
High Street
Cranleigh
Surrey GU6 8AS
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
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