Festival 200 at St Mary’s Banbury
First published on: 25th October 2022The Revd Sarah Bourne, Chaplain for the Arts, reflects on the six months of the St Mary's Banbury Festival 200.
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The Revd Sarah Bourne, Chaplain for the Arts, reflects on the six months of the St Mary's Banbury Festival 200.
In Aylesbury, local families in need and struggling with the cost of living can join free narrowboat day trips run by Broughton Church along the Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union Canal.
The Charlbury Cornerstone project provides a place to talk, food produce sharing, food parcels, uniform boxes, and additional learning support for local people in need.
Four rural deaneries band together to give back to their communities each year at the Bucks County Show near Aylesbury.
Weekly outdoor prayer at St Mary the Virgin Church, has brought the Fawley community and church together.
At St Clement's Church in Oxford, a new project seeks to grow church engagement amongst those in their 20s and 30s and offer a space to support this generation's mental and spiritual health.
‹‹‹‹‹‹‹The Development Fund has awarded grants to eight churches, across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, to support a range of local church and community projects including a healing garden and youth work to help combat knife crime.
At Trinity Community Centre and church in Fishermead, Milton Keynes, an internet cafe funded by a grant from the Development Fund helps tackle digital poverty.
An after-school club for local families in Henley-on-Thames was funded by a grant from the Development Fund.
New local charity Growing Hope is providing a vital service offering free therapy for children, young people and their families to enable them to flourish.