As a benefice we have received our bronze Eco-Church award from A-Rocha. This represents a team effort across our churches and it is has been very heartening to see how different churches have taken different leads and then encouraged others to follow. A lot of work goes on the background and we are begininng to see changes in our churchyards with re-wilding schemes and wildlife friendly habitats appearing: often the most “wild” areas take the most management.

Please keep recycling your crisp packets and biscuit wrappers at the Church Centre, and at Child Okeford Church you can now recycle toothpaste tubes. Eco-brick making is becoming a thing too – and it has the added benefit of being quite a good upper body workout – who knew!