St Mary & St Michael, Trumpington

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Summary

Buildings and artefacts

Grade I listed building; Bath stone church exterior; Brass of Sir Roger de Trumpington; Stone perpendicular font; Bakehouse – church office and meeting room.

Congregation to population ratio

133/8,034 in 2011 (properties doubled since then – whole ward electoral figure for 2018 is 13,747 which includes New Town area (outside the parish) but does not include under 18s) See Messy Church in Events.

Fundraising

Donations; Mothers’ Union Summer of Hope coffee morning; Harvest Lunch; Giving in Grace appeal; Occasional concerts.

Income generation

Church hall rental; Church magazine advertisements.

Communications

Church website; targeted Facebook pages and ‘mail chimp’ lists; Information boards; Church magazine The Trumpet; Visitors’ Book.

Community engagement

Harvest Lunch; Christmas Tree Festival; Hands on the Circle (HonC!) stay and play group; Mothers of Pre-schoolers (MOPS) and their creche (Moppets); Music Together Group; Community survey; Church and Community Families Outreach Worker; Church Cornerstone; Collaboration with primary schools including ‘Open the Book’ assemblies.

Church category

Suburban

Deanery

Cambridge South

Address

Grantchester Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, CB2 9LH

Website

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