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BELLS
&
TOWER
APPEAL UPDATE
2017
ST WINNOW PARISH
CHURCH, LOSTWITHIEL
‘TRUST’
‘BELIEVE’
How You can Help: External grant funding sources will usually match fund up to certain amounts, but will expect that a significant proportion of the costs are met elsewhere, thus the need for our appeal and your help. Donations of all sizes are welcomed and can be posted using the response slip in this leaflet or via the shop deposit box in church. There are also many other ways to help. Spread the word to friends and family, employers and organisations with which you are involved. They may be able to help with donations and fundraising. You may also be able to help by organising a fundraising event. We are now offering sponsorship of the bell frame and other items as illustrated. If you would like further information on this, please contact Canon John Halkes as below. *Donations to the frame, headstocks and wheels will be acknowledged on a brass plaque.
Contact: Canon John Halkes, 01208 873458 [email protected] Appeal Organiser, Elizabeth 01208 592690 [email protected] T
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Stays £30 x 10
Bearings £100 x 20
Runners £50 x 10
Pulleys £200 x 10
Sliders £100 x 10
*Wheels £1,250 x 10
*Headstocks £800 x 10
*Frame £1,000 x 17
Children learning to ring at St Winnow Parish Church.
HELP YOUR BELLS RING OUT AGAIN
Your support is vital for success!
Please tear off this page, complete the information below
and place, with payment, in a window envelope showing
the addressee overleaf. All donations are confidential.
I would like to support with:
Cash Payment.
Cheque Payment (payee ‘St Winnow PCC’). Please
write ’Bell & Tower Appeal’ on reverse of cheque.
BACS. Sort Code 30-97-28 Account 01799779
Reference Bell & Tower Appeal.
Thank you for your contribution.
PLEASE PRINT BELOW IN CAPITAL LETTERS:
Title:………Initial:……..Surname…………...……………….
House No/Name:……………………………………..………..
Street……………………………………………………………….
Town: …………………………….Post Code ....….………
E-mail...……………………….……Date…………..
Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid
for every £1 you donate.
Gift Aid is reclaimed by the Charity from the tax
you pay for the current year. Your address above is needed
to identify you as a current UK taxpayer.
In order to Gift Aid your donation you must tick this box.
I want to Gift Aid my donation of £_____________________ and any
donations I make in the future or any I have made in the past 4
years to St Winnow Parish Church.
I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax
and/or Capital Gains tax than the amount of gift aid claimed on
all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any
difference.
Please notify the Charity if you want to cancel this declaration, change your
name or home address or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income/capital gains.
Data Protection: We guarantee not to share your information with any other
organisations. We would like to keep you updated
regarding the appeal and Church. If you would prefer
not to receive these updates, please tick this box. St Winnow PCC is a Charity, exempt from registration under the Act.
The existing six bells will be preserved and remain in place
at their higher level for historical and conservation value.
Community Support: In 1714, the parishioners of
St Winnow had a vision of installing five bells, at a time when
most churches had just two or three. Three hundred years
on, we had hoped to install six new bells as part of our
appeal. We dared to believe in funding for eight. Our
prayers have been answered with sponsorship
of a peal of TEN new bells! Ten bells are the most
musical combination for any peal of church bells and place
St Winnow Parish Church in a unique position. They will be
the only ring of ten concurrently cast bells in Cornwall and
the only ring of ten in South East Cornwall.
We are grateful to the support of The Friends of St Winnow
Parish Church, our ringers, Truro Diocese and all of the
donors and sponsors who have contributed to date. We
would also like to acknowledge thanks to the charitable trusts
and external grant funding sources who are championing our
cause, including SITA Cornwall Trust Limited, Cornwall
Historic Churches Trust, Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers,
Viscountess Boyd Charitable Trust and the Rural Churches
Repair Fund and Sherrard Trust.
What We Still Need: Our goal is to complete the
tower repairs and new bells installation by the end of August
2017.
We are asking for your help and prayer in contributing to the
remaining costs of the work. Thanks to the generosity of
response to our appeal, launched in May 2016, we now need
only £43,000 to complete our project.
What Will You Help To Achieve? Your help
will ensure that our tower is safe and secure and that the
bells of St Winnow are reinstated and then sustained for
future generations. We will also be able to extend our
schools and juniors outreach for teaching children to ring.
Why An
Appeal? For centuries,
the peal of St
Winnow bells
has been
a part of our
Cornish
heritage, uniting
our local
Parishes in faith,
solidarity and
hope.
Sounding
joyfully across
the nearby River Fowey for worship, celebration and
remembrance, the bells commemorate for many people at
important milestones in their lives.
A deep rooted community focal point, our bells provide an
opportunity for inclusive fellowship and learning ancient
skills. Bell ringers of all ages come to St Winnow,
having fun and making music in our rural surroundings.
Sadly, essential repair works to the bells and
tower have silenced their music.
What We Are Doing After lengthy consultation and
deliberation, the Parochial Church Council have agreed to
hang a brand new set of bells, lower down in the tower
chamber whilst other remedial tower works are in progress.
There are good reasons for this:
The existing bells are very old and heavy, difficult to ring
and are stressing the tower, leading to the high possibility of
future costs. The new, lighter bells are more cost effective,
with less stress to the tower structure, they have an
improved ring and being at a lower level will create less
movement and swing. The lighter bells are more
manageable and accessible for all ages.
£
‘WELCOME’
‘SERVICE’
Psalm 98.4
‘Make a joyful noise
unto the Lord, all the
earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice and
sing praise’.