It's Christmas Eve and I've just opened the post and found a wonderful Christmas present for the bell appeal.; a cheque for £2,500!
Many months ago I wrote letters to various charities that have been known to give grants for bells. One of these was a large charity called the Garfield Weston Trust. This did involve a lot of form filling and collection of information. I filed the application on line at the end of August knowing that they stated that they would take up to 14 weeks to consider the matter.
Well 2 days ago I realised that it had now been 17 weeks since that date. I telephone the trust office 2 days ago and was only able to leave an answerphone message. A few minutes ago the post arrived and there was a letter from the trust saying we had been successful in our grant application and enclosed a cheque for £2,500. Wow!
This means that , barring unforeseen happening, we should now be able to complete the work mentioned in our appeal.
A really great Christmas present.
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