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THE FRIENDS OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH FINDON 

Helping to preserve our historic church for future generations

Welcome

The Friends of St John the Baptist Church Findon is a charitable trust

which supports the restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance and improvement of Findon Church.

This includes the monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in the church and of the churchyard.  

Our only goal is to secure the long-term existence of the church and its property for the enjoyment of future generations.

Findon Sheep Fair, Saturday 14th September

The Friends had an amazingly successful day, raising just over £2,000. 

We were located at the east end of the marquee, without doubt the best for any food stall with the benefit of accommodating chairs and tables

for folk to sit and relax. We sold out of burgers and sausages - plus a replenishing supply - and managed to sell some 400 cups of tea

and coffee, not to mention dozens of delicious cakes.

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This was a truly remarkable day all round, only made possible by all the volunteer support we had. Thank you so much to everyone for helping out and a special  note of appreciation to those that donated sausage rolls, burgers and sausages, boosting our profits by their 100% profit margin!

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The Friends AGM will take place at Findon Church at 3.00 pm

on Sunday 10th November when we will run through our fundraising activities for last year and comment on this year's Fair

in view of the exceptional result.

It would be great to celebrate with as many of you as can make it

over a cream tea !

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The Friends of St John the Baptist are looking for a new Secretary!

If this is something you would be interested in, please email

fosjbfindon@gmail.com

EVENTS

GOLF DAY 21st JUNE 2024

Our golf day was a great success and raised just over £600.

QUIZ NIGHT 24th FEBRUARY 2024

This was a very successful evening, enjoyed by

80 guests, with some great team performances, resulting in a fantastic profit on the night of £697.

As always, our fundraising events give a great deal of pleasure to many local folk and help to keep

our church and its activities in the

forefront of people’s minds. 

​​CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2023

The event raised £6,000 towards the running

costs of the church, while the Friends raised a further £1,300 for the fabric of the church

from refreshments and the sale of the cookbook.

It was a wonderful community event,

enjoyed by over 1,000 visitors.

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You can view photos on the parish website:

Home | parish Findon Clapham Patching (findon-clapham-patching-churches.com)​

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You can become a Friend of Findon Church 

from as little as £10 per annum per household.

Read more.

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You can leave a legacy.
Support the work needing to be carried out

in the future with a bequest.

Read more.

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You can volunteer.

There will always be projects and maintenance

work to do on the church and churchyard,

and fund raising events in need of help.

Keep an eye the websites for forthcoming events

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PROJECTS

For information about past projects

funded  by the Friends and future work

for which funding is needed, click here.

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To gain an insight into the work of the Friends read the Minutes of the AGM 2022 here.  

Trustees Annual Report & Financial Statements are available here.

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