The Friends of St Neots Parish
Church
We raise funds to
help conserve and restore this beautiful 15th century Parish Church.
Registered Charity No 1178630
friendsofsnpc.org.uk
Application
Form for membership &
Gift Aid form
Friends
leaflet office@stneots.org
St Neots Parish
Church is a large
15th century church in the small town of St Neots in west
Cambridgeshire.
Its
postcode
is PE19 2BU
Chairman Bruce Elam: bruceelam45@gmail.com Hon
Secretary Peter Raggatt: raggatt2@onetel.net
We
need Friends to help us with
the
repair and restoration of this
historic church.
Will you please
join us in preserving
this beautiful, ancient
and important
building?
We
are a registered charity and your donation is eligable for Gift Aid
Our
Friends are
people who want to
help restore and repair this
beautiful church building for the future. They are people of
all faiths and none.
The Friends are a non-religious organisation but
we work closely with the Church Council on Restoration matters.
We also have friends who help by supporting our fund-raising events.
The church building
dates from about 1500 and is of great
architectural value (Grade 1
Listed). It is a big open church and a great
venue for concerts, exhibitions etc. Although
it does not have major structural
problems, it needs a steady programme of repairs.
It is over 500 years
old! The need to use conservation
techniques means that
even small repairs are very expensive. It has an
active and
friendly congregation but their resources
are not enough to do everything. So the building needs help.
Up-date: November 2022
Our fund-raising concerts & other events had to cease during the
Covid Pandemic but have now re-started.
Our most recent fund-raising event was a concert by Hatstand Opera who
performed "Golden Moments from Opera" on 29th
October 2022. This
was a light-hearted and fun concert. It made a surplus of
£1438 thanks to a grant from St Neots Town
Council towards the
costs. We need to thank the Rector and the PCC for permission to
hold this concert in the Church. In the
past we have hosted
choirs, orchestras and social events and we hope to continue this
fund-raising activity.