Four times a year the chair writes a short letter to the parish. Once a year, on an unhurried evening, one of the trustees writes something longer. Below are nine such pieces from the last three years, three of them in full on the website.
By Robert Lewis, chair. The shape of the year for a small charity is older than any of its trustees, and it has more to do with the calendar than the bank balance.
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By Gareth Thomas, trustee. What we know about our founder, what we have inferred, and what we have decided not to.
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By Sharon Morris, trustee. The ethics of a £85 grant; the meaning of the word ‘small’ when a household is going without.
Read in full →Quarterly dispatch sent on plain paper to 86 households in the parish. Available on request from the chair.
Quarterly dispatch sent on plain paper to 86 households in the parish.
An honest paragraph or two on why the trustees prefer the parcel to the marquee.
A short summary of the year’s ledger for parishioners who would rather not download a PDF.
The chair thanks a retiring trustee and welcomes a new face to the table at the village hall.
An out-of-character dispatch — a trustee writes about the high ground above the parish, and the people he has thought about while walking it.
Four short letters a year. Plain paper, plain English, no marketing. Or sign up for an emailed copy below.
