Harvest of Hope Festival

Three days at the end of the summer: a market on Friday, music on Saturday, and a harvest service on Sunday that fills the building twice over.

Friday — the market

Thirty stalls from four o’clock: growers, bakers, two dairies and the school’s plant sale. Everything unsold at eight goes to the food bank, which is how a market became the single largest collection of the year.

Saturday — music

Doors at two. Six acts on the lawn stage between three and nine, ending with the mass choir — anyone who turns up for the Thursday rehearsal is in it, and there is no audition.

Food from the Wednesday team all afternoon. Bar from six, run by the volunteers, proceeds to the winter shelter.

Sunday — the harvest service

Two services, ten and half past eleven, both full. Bring something for the collection: tins, dried goods, toiletries. The food bank publishes a list in July and we follow it exactly rather than guessing.

Last year the festival collected 1,940 kilograms of food and £11,400. Both went to the neighborhood food bank in full, and their annual report says what it paid for.

Access

Step-free throughout, hearing loop in the main building, and a quiet room open all three days. Accessible parking is at the rear — email ahead and we will reserve a space.