Category: Events

Our next fundraising event is a ‘Talk with Wine’ at 7:15pm on March 17th, 2025 in the Centre, St. Stephen’s Church, Lansdown.

Geoff Rich, a partner and conservation architect at FCBStudios will be the speaker for a talk titled ‘ The Bath Abbey Footprint project: new design for an ancient monument’.

The Bath Abbey Footprint Project was a £19.3 million restoration project that transformed the Abbey’s sustainability, accessibility, and visitor experience. The project included major interventions to repair the floor, and created new spaces for learning, music, and interpretation.

The project was led by Bath based architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and local donors. Geoff Rich was involved in the project from start to finish, and will share the story.

Tickets are £12.50 per person. The ticket price includes one glass of wine. Additional glasses of wine can be purchased at £4.50 per glass.

To book tickets go here.

Due to the weather the ‘Carols on the Green’ on December 5th had to be moved to St. Stephen’s Church but the event a great success. The two choirs, St. Stephen’s Primary School choir and CitySound Voice Bath choir were excellent. The carols together with the mulled wine and mince pies put everyone into the Christmas spirit.

At the ‘Talk with Wine’ on November 25th, Sheila Gundry from Froglife gave a fascinating talk on toads and other amphibians to an audience of 70 people. She also covered the very important Charlcombe Toad Rescue Patrol. The event generated a healthy profit which will go to the Millennium Green.

The weather was perfect for this year’s Lansdown Open Gardens event and we had a record number of over 400 visitors looking at all the wonderful gardens.

The Plant Stall on the Millennium Green did a roaring trade and for most of the afternoon the St. Stephen’s Centre was packed with people enjoying delicious homemade cakes and teas.

Overall the event raised a substantial profit that will go towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green.

Many thanks to all the garden owners for opening up their beautiful gardens. Also, many thanks to all the helpers who made the day such a success.

Peter Davenport gave an excellent talk on the topic of ‘The People of Roman Bath’ to an audience of over 65 people. Peter provided the audience with very interesting insights into the lives of the people, both inhabitants and visitors, in Roman Bath over several centuries.

The event raised over £550 towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green and will help towards the projects planned for the next 12 months.

Despite a hiatus with the AV equipment this was a very successful event with over 60 attendees. Stuart Burroughs gave a fascinating and engaging talk about the commercial and industrial history of Bath with some very interesting facts and anecdotes. Our many thanks to Stuart.

In total the event made a profit of over £500 which will go towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green.

This year’s Lansdown Open Gardens on June 11th were a great success despite some rain early in the afternoon. Over 340 visitors, a record number, viewed six wonderful gardens around Lansdown. The plant sale on the Millennium Green did a roaring trade, and many visitors enjoyed scrumptious cakes and teas in the St. Stephen’s Centre.

Overall the event raised over £3200 towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green. Many thanks to all the helpers and volunteers who made that day such a success.

The fundraising ‘Talk with Wine’ on April 28th was very successful with over 50 attendees and a total of over £560 raised towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green. Sarah Simmonds gave a fascinating talk about the very special features that qualify Stonehenge and Avebury for their place on the World Heritage List as well as the challenges of managing these complex cultural landscapes.

Our next fundraising event will be the Lansdown Open Gardens on Sunday June 11th. We hope to have six gardens open across Lansdown plus a Plant Sale and cakes and teas on the Millennium Green. Our intention is to hold another ‘Talk with Wine’ in the Autumn.