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Ride+Stride is a significant fund raiser for Gloucester Historic Churches Trust and for the churches and chapels that take part.

We were delighted to hear first from Mark Cowley, now living in Staffordshire, but brought up near Fairford.

The poster for the dedication was worded cautiously: the occasion would be “perhaps unique” (our italics). It was in fact unique, full stop.

Ride+Stride 2023 has raised over £43000! This is a superb result following the 2022 total of £31000. 2023 result has exceeded expectations.

In order to keep making our grants, we need your help. We’d love to make bigger grants, and more of them, but can’t do that without more donations, from individuals and from churches.

If you are planning your Ride+Stride route for September 9th here are a number of events/attractions/routes that you may wish to build into your plans.

On Tuesday 26th September we are hosting a talk starting at 7pm, at St Matthew’s church, Cheltenham: “The Rise and Fall of the ENIGMA machine”. 

Our Annual Review for 2022 has now been printed and sent to those on our mailing list, and a digital copy has gone to those for whom we have email contacts.

It’s a novel view, certainly: a sort of worm’s-eye, fish-eye view of a remarkable vaulted space.

The churches of Gloucestershire have lost a great champion in Rory Young, who died on 23rd February

We have recently been presented with a decorative plate produced for the GHCT in its very early days.

After 10 years as GHCT Grants Secretary, Jonathan MacKechnie-Jarvis is stepping back from this role.