Summer (Fair) is Coming

Fundraising
Written By Kathryn Newell

This year’s Summer Fair is on 17 June 12noon- 4pm.

There’ll be music, stalls, kids’ activities, food and drink.

We have stalls and activities for everyone.

Refreshments

  • Cheese ploughman’s with a range of home-made salads

  • Tea and coffee with homemade cakes or a traditional cream team of scone, jam and clotted cream

  • Bar with prosecco, Pimms, beer and soft drinks

Church Stalls

  • Home-made cakes, biscuits and jam

  • Pre-loved clothes and accessories

  • Antiques

  • Bric a brac – new and preloved

  • Summer hamper raffle

  • Garden plants and seedlings

  • Second hand books

  • Lucky jam jars

  • Find the treasure on Abbey Island

  • Kids’ zone – traditional games

Commercial Stalls

selling a mix of hand stitched items and hand madecards. Plus this year -  lathe turned pens. 

Travel Designers, is a boutique travel agency offering a vast range of holiday experiences to some of the most exciting destinations in the World, including, Europe, the Indian Ocean, The Far and Middle East, The Americas and Africa.  From ski to beach, From cruising to adventure, from escorted touring to UK Breaks.  All flight inclusive Holidays are fully ATOL Protected. 

Based in Clapham, since 1991. The Spring School of Ballet has been offering local families the opportunity to learn to dance in a friendly environment, as a hobby and for enjoyment, and also in order to pursue a professional career in dance or drama. We welcome children and adults of all ages and have classes to suit all abilities and ambitions for boys and girls from 2½ -18 and adults, with classes in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Modern, Theatre Performance and Pilates.

A local potter studio who say: ‘We love welcoming budding potters to learn how to throw on the wheel or hand-build. More experienced potters are welcome to spend time in the studio working under their own steam’.

 

Entertainment – in the church

  • 1.30pm - Spring School of Ballet

  • 2pm – David Jeffiries on guitar

  • 2.30pm - South London Choir

  • 3pm  - Church of the Holy Spirit Choir

 

If you would like to volunteer or donate any good then please contact events@holyspirit-clapham.org.uk

Funds raised will go to support our work in the community.

WHAT YOU CAN DONATE

  • Cakes and goodies – one of our most popular stalls! Please bake or make something delicious for our cake stall and bring it along on the day.

  • Summer hamper raffle – donate luxury food items for our hamper

  • Plants and garden – get planting seeds, taking cuttings and propagating

  • Books – give us your second-hand books for children and adults

  • Lucky dip jam jars – donate an empty jam jar, andor fill a jam jar with sweets and small gifts

  • Pre-loved clothes – we are looking for good quality items – have a look at what’s lurking in your wardrobe

  • Bric a Brac – declutter and donate your unwanted bits and bobs (in good condition)

We’ll be collecting donations in church from 17 May, so hang on to your contributions until then.

HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER

Can you volunteer on the day, or with preparation? We need people to help with:

  • Salads - to go with our ploughman’s lunch of bread and cheese

  • Scones - for our Cream teas

  • Children’s activities – we’ll have our usual range of splat the rat, hook a duck, etcetera

  • Stalls - Running or helping with stalls and serving food and drinks on the day.

If you wish to get involved, e-mail the committee at events@holyspirit-clapham.org.uk.

Kathryn Newell
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