We are pleased to announce that The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund has received a grant for £288.50 from Warneford Ecclesiastical Charity. We thank them for their generosity.This grant will go towards Phase 1 of our restoration project – the rewiring of the church and the installation of heating.Warneford Ecclesiastical Charity is based in Gloucester and distributes grants to churches within the Diocese …
We are pleased to announce that The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund has received a grant for £750 from The Langtree Trust, which is based in Stroud. We thank The Langtree Trust for their generosity.This grant will go towards Phase 1 of our restoration project – the rewiring of the church and the installation of heating.
Christ Church Cathedral Choir at Great BadmintonOn Friday, 14th October 2016, St. Michael and All Angels, Great Badminton played host to a concert by Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir in support of The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund (GBCRF) and Plum Unlimited.Prior to the concert, the guests enjoyed a Champagne reception in Badminton House‘s North Hall at the kind invitation of Their Graces …
Great Badminton Christmas / Greetings Card 2016We are pleased to announce that The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund (GBCRF) has produced a new Christmas and Greetings card for 2016.The cards come in packs of five and are A5 landscape in size, at a cost of £5.00 per pack.The front of the card shows the view from the rear of the …
We are pleased to announce that we are in a position to start work on Phase 1 of The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund project, to rewire the entire building and heat the church, in mid-October 2016. The work will primarily involve electrical works of all sorts. Rewiring of the entire church. Replacing its fuse boxes and distribution boards with …
We are pleased to announce that The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund has received a grant for £1,000 from Allchurches Trust Limited. We thank them for their generosity.This grant will go towards Phase 1 of our restoration project – the rewiring of the church and the installation of heating.Allchurches Trust Limited is the owner of the Ecclesiatical Insurance Group and is an independent registered …
We are pleased to announce that on 5th June 2016, the Grants Committee of The Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust (GHCT) awarded The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund a grant of £5,000 towards Phase 1 of our restoration project.Phase 1 of the project is to rewire the entire church, replacing the ancient and dangerous fuse boxes, distribution boards and wiring with modern equivalents; and the …
Warrior – The Real War Horse was a wonderful presentation given by Brough Scott about the life and experiences of a real war horse. Warrior was owned by Mr Scott’s grandfather, Major-General Jack Seeley, 1st Baron Mottistone, who took his horse with him to France in the First World War.The talk was full of interesting and often amusing anecdotes about both General …
On Thursday, 19th March 2015, The Great Badminton Church Restoration Fund held its inaugural fundraising event in The Old Servants Hall at Badminton House (by kind permission of The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort). The proceeds of the evening were split between The Badminton Church Restoration Fund and The Injured Jockeys Fund.A panel of former Grand National winners was assembled to give an insight …