Registered charity No. 211068
Give as you earn Reg. No. 000101080
On the 4th February 2009 a meeting was held at the County Council Offices in Oakham to which representatives of all the churches in Rutland were invited. The purpose of the meeting was to provide information about the Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust and, especially, encourage interest in the Ride and Stride event which will be held in this county (as well as in other counties) on the 12th September 2009.
Richard Adams gave an illustrated talk about many of our churches highlighting particular points of interest to be found in so many of Rutland’s places of worship. This was followed by two presentations given by George Shepherd and Steve Harris. Between them they dealt with the web sites (including this one!) which may be of interest not only to those who are interested in our heritage but those who wish to participate in some way with the Ride and Stride event. They outlined in detail what is involved in the Ride and Stride effort and provided much useful information on how participants can be encouraged and how they can raise sponsorship. More can be found on the Ride and Stride site to which a link is provided above, but for those who were unable to attend the meeting we give below links to the presentation slides which were used by George and Steve, perusal of which will give a flavour of their presentations. Anyone having access to Microsoft Powerpoint or any compatible office suite such as Open Office should be able to download the presentation slides which, depending on the speed of their connection, may take two or three minutes..
If you require any further information either on the meeting itself or matters arising from the slides please contact the Secretary or any member of the Trust.