Since September 2016 we have been working to make our church more environmentally friendly and to encourage our congregation and local community to reduce their carbon footprint.
We have a theme for each month and an ‘Action for the week’ is published in our Newsletter and on our Facebook page. See our action for the week .
We are proud to say that we have achieved the Silver Eco Church award in recognition of our efforts to care for God’s earth in each of the following areas:
Worship and Teaching
Management of Buildings and Land
Community and Global Engagement
Lifestyle
Some of the things we have done include:
- Putting a bike rack outside the church entrance
- Setting up an Eco Church Working Group
- Introducing a recycling unit in our Church hall.
- Using Fairtrade products for our Church refreshments.
- Planting more insect and bee friendly plants in our grounds.
- Having an Energy Assessment done
- Planting fruit bushes in our grounds.
- Collecting used stamps and sending them to RNIB
- Twinning our church hall toilets with toilets in Uganda
- Holding a ‘bring and buy’ sale to raise money for Christian Aid.
- Organising a bike ride
- Making Bug hotels and putting them in our grounds
- Switching our electricity supplier to one which uses renewable sources
- Raising money for ‘Water Aid’ by running a bookstall at the back of Church
