Eco-Church

In 2023 the Church Council agreed that we should start to work towards the Eco Church Award. The award is multi-denominational and is supported by the Methodist Church as part of their mission to become carbon neutral. It covers 5 areas:

• Worship & Teaching
• Buildings
• Land
• Community & Global Engagement
• Life-style

A wide variety of things that we do within the life of the church "earn" us points that lead to achieving Bronze level, then Silver, then Gold. Some of the things we did to achieve our Bronze award were:

• Twinning all the toilets in the building with toilets around the world through a project run by Tearfund
• Running an Eco Weekend for the community
• Praying about 'green' issues in the weekly service
• Educating our members through a monthly newsletter
• Composting waste from our lunch clubs
• Signage to remind people to turn off taps and light
• Upgrading our light bulbs to eco-friendly options

This is a long-term project that requires work in many areas of our church building and life for us to be able to gain further awards.