Take part in the Ride & Stride on 8 September 2012 and raise money for our historic churches.
Does your church need money for essential repairs and structural maintenance?
Do you have a bicycle? A horse? A motorised scooter? A pair of legs?
If so, taking part in “Ride and Stride” could be the answer.
Organised by the Historic Churches Trusts in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, this annual sponsored event takes place on Saturday 8th September 2012 and will raise vital money to maintain and preserve church buildings across our diocese (the Gloucestershire Trust also covers the city of Bristol, which was originally in Gloucestershire).
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to visit as many churches as possible during the day by your chosen mode of transport. You are sponsored per church visited, or for a lump sum, and if Gift Aid is added, this can bring in an extra 25 per cent. Half the money you raise goes to your chosen parish church and the other half to the relevant county Trust for distribution in the form of grants through the following year.
You may also decide to open and/or man your church to welcome Ride & Stride visitors, perhaps even offering refreshments.
There are prizes for the most successful participants (including some for under 15-year-olds) not to mention the added benefits of fresh air, exercise (gentle or strenuous), historic architecture, and the best of the English countryside.
Many of our parishes have benefitted from grants from either the Wiltshire or Gloucestershire Trusts this year so taking part in Ride & Stride is an ideal way to ‘give something back’ as well as raising funds to meet future needs.
For more information and sponsorship forms etc, please contact:
Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust:
Charles Graham
E: ctg100@hotmail.com
T: 01672 514301
Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust:
Ailsa O’Connor
E: rideandstride@ghct.org.uk
T: 01285 643343
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