Churchyard success....

It is a delight to be able to announce two wonderful pieces of news about our churchyard! First, Coggeshall has been given first place in the 2008 ‘Best Kept Churchyard’ awards by the Rural Community Council of Essex. This is the result of much hard work and partnership between Parish Council, Church Council and the team of volunteer church members who do so much gardening during the year. Planting of bulbs and sowing wild flower seeds was carried out by the Girl Guides, and one of the church Youth Groups helped with the removal of ivy from tombstones.  Special thanks go to Jill Tattersfield who organises the team, to John Sparrow and to the grass cutting contractors.

Linked to this is the wonderful news that we have also been awarded a grant of over £9,000 to improve paths, access and planting in the churchyard through the National Lottery-funded ‘BBC Breathing Spaces’ project. This is a national initiative, encouraging local people to ‘Make a place for Nature near you’. Thank you to Jill Tattersfield for putting in so much time in making the application. In partnership with Parish Council, work will be undertaken over the next 12 months.

However, with all the extra work involved, we would love some more volunteers to join the team.   If anyone would be prepared to help, even for light tasks like watering, you would be most welcome.   Please contact Jill on 561241.

Some of our church volunteer gardeners

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