Help Us
Our initiatives all cost money and we know that times are hard so we value every contribution we receive.
How We Are Using Our Funds
Our constitution clearly states that the funds raised by the Friends shall be used for achieving the purposes of the charity, and not for functions that are the responsibility of the Parochial Church Council (such as maintaining or repairing the existing church building, grounds or other fabric or for organising religious events and services).
Our immediate priorities are to establish a varied programme of cultural events going forward and to provide high quality interpretation boards for the lobby in the church building which provide information about the church, the castle and the wider village.
Staging events will incur a variety of costs:
- to hire performers / speakers etc
- to provide catering where appropriate
- to promote and market events
- to obtain event-specific insurances and such like.
Provision of museum-quality information boards are expensive - over £500 for a single A0 free-standing display.
All of this adds up alarmingly.
Become a Member
At the moment you can help our fund-raising effort by buying Membership of the Friends Group which will entitle members to discounted entry to all of our ticketed events.
Individual and Joint Memberships of the Friends of St. James' Church, Wigmore are available.
Individual Membership is £10 per year, Joint Membership (valid for 2 people) is £17 per year.
If you elect to buy membership and click the button below, you will be redirected to a 3rd party charity collection site called DonorBox. There you will need to fill in your contact details and pay for your membership via PayPal.
You don't need a PayPal account to do this; you can elect to pay via card on their site should you wish.
Buy Our Greetings Cards
We have a selection of greetings cards depicting views of the Wigmore area which are on sale at Wigmore Village Shop and at the Mortimer Cafe at the Wigmore Village Community Centre.
The cards are sold in support of the Friends of St. James' Church and are left blank for your own message.
The cards are available singly or as packs of five, the designs shown below.
