Organ Fundraising - WE DID IT!
We raised well over £80,000 which means our historic organ will be sounding better than ever well into the future.
The money came from a mixture of grants from various charities and an awful lot of hard work by church volunteers organising social events.
Raising the Funds
The charitable bodies who gave us grants ask a lot before handing over their money (rightly so). The application process is demanding and often the money comes with conditions to ensure their donation is an investment in the community and the future.
That is why we shall be sharing the organ with local schools and organisations teaching not only music but the social history that surrounds it. We shall also be publishing a history of church music in Market Deeping reaching back centuries.
Charitable Body Grants
The major charitable donations came from:
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- Lincoln Dioceses Transformation Fund
- Market Deeping Town Council
- All Churches Trust
- InvestSK
Fundraising Events
The rest of the total came from our own fundraisers. The emphasis was always on having fun with social and community events. Now we come to look back, it's a surprise to see just how many events there were and how much effort went into them.
| Nov 2017 | Craft Beer Evening |
| Dec 2017 | Sponsored Carol Singing |
| Jan 2018 | Bandless Barn Dance |
| Apr 2018 | Peterborough U3A Visits |
| Apr 2018 | Fashion Show in Church |
| May 2018 | The Rocking Rector - Unplugged |
| May 2018 | Sponsored Sky Dive |
| Jun 2018 | Quiz Night with Di and Pete |
| Jun 2018 | Glebe Singers' Concert |
| Jul 2018 | Classic Car Drive around the Deepings |
| Sep 2018 | Britain's Seaside Places Quiz |
| Oct 2018 | Organists Let Loose |
| Oct 2018 | Pledge Auction |
| Nov 2018 | Wine Tasting Evening |
| Nov 2018 | Christmas Crafts and Lunch Sessions |
| Dec 2018 | Sponsored Carols |
| Dec 2018 | Christmas Coffee Morning and Quilt Sale |
| Feb 2019 | Jazz Breakfast |
| May 2019 | Bandless Barn Dance |
For the Future
The fund has not only produced a fully working organ: look out for more community events and the forthcoming publication of the story of the restoration as well as a history of the church and its music.
Everything we do from this project will all be made available to the whole of the community of Market Deeping of which the church has been a part for over a thousand years.
