We have so many community events – in the Church, Empire Hall and Recreation Ground – including an Arts Festival, Flower Show, Bank Holiday Fete, Harvest Supper and Christmas Fair. There seems to be no limit to everyone’s creative imagination and energy!
Recent events include:
The 2024 Graffham with Woolavington Parish Sponsored Walk supported Ride and Stride, the national fund-raising initiative for the Historic Churches Trust – which generously donated £5,000 towards the recently completed roof repairs at our St Giles. Under Ride and Stride, half the funds collected go to the church that raised them, and half to Historic Churches Trust.
Ride and Stride took place on Saturday 14 September with ten walkers completing the route, which went from St Giles Church to Amberley Tea Rooms!
If you didn’t remember to sponsor anyone, it’s not too late: give online here at St Giles Graffham’s online giving page.
A packed house were told to fasten your seatbelts as ‘Captain Concorde’ Mike Bannister touched down at Graffham’s Empire Hall in October. He shared his unrivalled and very entertaining insights to the world’s only supersonic airliner, in an event that raised funds for maintaining St Giles building and churchyard. Mike knows Concorde better than anyone – from being appointed its youngest first officer as it started flying in 1977 to commanding its final flight as British Airways’ Concorde Chief Pilot 26 years later. Since then, he’s become the best-selling author of the definitive Concorde book – and an in-demand and engaging speaker.
Tickets were £15 (plus booking fee) from www.ticketsource.co.uk/stgilesgraffham
At this one-off fund-raising event, he gave his unique perspective on a flying icon that enabled Royalty, celebs, business moguls and everyman and woman to sip Champagne while travelling faster than a bullet, at almost 25 miles a minute. He shared videos and photos from his personal library, swapped anecdotes with previous passengers and pilots in the audience, and took Q&A. The bar offered a selection of drinks and Concorde-inspired indoor snack boxes.