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Church Tourism Newsletter Welcome to the first edition of the Southwell Diocese Church Tourism Newsletter. Future issues will appear on a quarterly basis (May, August, November and March) and all items for inclusion are welcome. Within the next few months a Southwell Church Tourism website will be set up, and I would particularly welcome additional links and pictures. The Newsletter is being circulated to clergy and lay people who have expressed an interest, as well as to our colleagues in local government who are involved with tourism. Feedback greatly appreciated. Edited by Myra Shackley, Diocesan Tourism Adviser, phone 01777-872457/870838 or e-mail: dta@myrashackley.freeserve.co.uk. OPEN CHURCHES All Hallows Church, Gedling is open to visitors on Wednesdays from 10am - 4pm. Coffee, information and bookstall. Richard Wilson (churchwarden) writes ‘A textiles workshop group meets in the afternoon and produces new furnishings for the church. When not occupied with visitors our duty teams take on cleaning roles and help to keep things tidy. We have a checklist for cleaning jobs and visitors are invited to sign a visitor's sheet. We have thought about aspects of security, greeting people and generally making the church a welcoming place and have a set of guidelines for helpers’. Details: http://www.innotts.co.uk/allhallows St. Michael and All Angels Church in Bramcote has a detailed parish diary on its website http://www.bramcotechurch.info St. Leonard's, Wollaton is open daily from 9am to 5pm. For further information contact jerry.lepine@btopenworld.com. St. Mary’s Nottingham operates an email newsgroup from its Parish Office, which publicises concerts and events. To subscribe send an e-mail to st-marys-nottingham-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. The church is normally open to visitors Tuesday - Sunday. A picture and plan can be found at http://www.ibis.nott.ac.uk and http://www.stmarysnottingham.org St. Mary Magdalene, Newark is open for visitors 8.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 4.00pm Monday to Saturday, plus Sunday afternoon. Coffee shop and bookshop. Further details contact fred.olney@webleicester.co.uk All Hallows, Ordsall is open 1pm - 4pm on Saturdays. Further information from paul_bagshaw@yahoo.com. St. Mary, Edwinstowe is open and staffed from Easter to end of September, usually 12 noon to 4pm and some days to 6pm. Parties, coaches etc are always advised to book. Guides and historians are available for schools, children's work sheets and lessons. Leaflets available in lots of languages including Japanese. Further details from Vicar@edwinstowestmary.freeserve.co.uk St Peter's Nottingham is open Monday - Saturday. 10am - 4pm; coffee room serving homemade cakes, sandwiches, soup, tea and coffee, Monday - Friday 11am - 2pm, and a Fair Trade Shop open for the same time. http://www.stpetersnottingham.org St Mary & St Martin, Blyth is a Norman Priory Church dating from 1088. Unfortunately, it is not open on a daily basis at present, except through contacting the Vicar on 01909 591229. Emmanuel and St. Mark's Bestwood are either side of Bestwood Country park and get a lot of children’s groups and visitors to the park, with which they arrange joint events. Emmanuel has a web site: www.emmanuelbestwood.com, which will shortly be joined by a site for St Mark’s. CHURCH FESTIVALS AND EVENTS May 18th St Peters Nuthall 7pm - Full Gospel Revival Missionary Choir Concert. Further information contact j.henderson@btinternet.com June 1st 2pm-5pm St Peter’s Nottingham Cream Teas in the Rectory Garden (in aid of Tower Appeal, and to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee) Andrew Deuchar. St Peter's Rectory 0115 947 4891 June 2nd 10.45: St Peter’s Nottingham 'Fanfare for the Queen' Choral Matins, with Carlton Brass and St Peter's Choir. Preacher: Canon Andrew Deuchar, followed by a celebration for the City of Nottingham in the Market Square June 8th-10th St. Mary & St. Martin Blyth Jubilee Flower Festival. Church will be open all day and at least 20 displays will be presented. Refreshments available in the form of ploughman's lunches and cream teas. 13th June All Hallows, Gedling Music in Quiet Places' 7.30pm. a string quartet concert. 16th June All Hallows, Gedling Dedication and Songs of Praise for the New Stained Glass Window Service at 4pm led by Bishop George Cassidy, Bishop of Southwell Mid June (dates to be confirmed) All Hallows, Gedling Exhibition of Art Work by St. Jude's Art Group - Summer Brass Band Concert - Carlton Brass date to be arranged July 12th - 14th St. Patrick’s Nuthall Flower Festival to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. Further information contact j.henderson@btinternet.com August 24th - 27th (Bank Holiday weekend) St. Mary & All Saints, Bingham Flower Festival. Further information on church website http://www.proweb.co.uk/~ksgreen/StMarys/StMary.html. or from alan.cooper@churcharmy.net September 14th-15th St. Mary & St. Martin Blyth Nottinghamshire Heritage are presenting a weekend of guided tours round the church with trips up one of the highest towers in Nottinghamshire, offering magnificent views. Further information 01909591229. Thursday 27 June: 6.15pm City Debate 'By Law Established?' What future for the National Church? Chaired by Andrew David (BBC Radio Nottingham). Speakers include The Ven. George Austin and Clifford Longley June 29th 11am Coffee Break Concert June 30th 10.45am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Dr Christina Baxter, Principal, St John's College, Nottingham June 30th 3pm Film: Chocolat (or Brassed Off) at the Broadway Cinema 6.30pm Ecumenical Songs of Praise We also hope to welcome Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, to speak over the festival period. Further information contact Andrew Deuchar St Peter's Rectory 0115 947 4891. . Looking for a job? Community owned and community led, ‘Hidden Britain Centres’ offer the visitor a unique insight into the history, folklore, culture and heritage of a local area. More guest than tourist, the visitor is personally introduced to treasures which otherwise would be to them, hidden Britain. Led by the Arthur Rank Centre, the Project partnership includes Voluntary Action Cumbria, Cumbria Tourist Board and Churches Together in Cumbria. Support is secured from the Small Business Service’s Development Fund for Rural Renewal. The Development Officer will turn the concept into Cumbria yet contributing to our ambition to develop a national project. You will be a creative and engaging person who will generate and enable the potential of local communities and resources to be realised. You will have the skills to develop, trial and manage project resources and relationships with a range of agencies. The post will be based at VAC offices near Penrith. For application pack, please e mail vac@ruralcumbria.org.uk or write to VAC, The Old Stables, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT. Closing date 25th May 2002. Interviews 18th June Is run from the Arthur Rank Centre, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh CV8 2LZ. Paul Bond is National Liaison office for church tourism, and can be contacted on 01865 331124 or via paul_bond@Bigfoot.com. Membership of NTCG costs £12 for individuals and £25 for churches. NTCG publishes a regular Newsletter (‘Faith in Tourism’) and has a web-based discussion group on church tourism issues in the UK. New Publications The Arts in Your Church, a practical guide by Fiona Bond (Piquant, 2001, ISBN 190-368-9007. £8.99). Handbook for churches who want to become more involved in the arts, including music, dance, storytelling, drama and visual arts. ___________________________________________ Tourism in Nottinghamshire, April 2002 Profile Nottingham This survey was designed to examine the way in which Nottinghamshire’s tourism industry is recovering from the aftermath of the foot-and-mouth epidemic and events of September 11th. Information was received from a wide variety of tourism businesses, and results suggested that: (1)Tourism in Nottinghamshire is spread unevenly, with >30% of tourism-related business concentrated in Newark & Sherwood District, followed by Rushcliffe (18%), City of Nottingham (14%) and Bassetlaw (13%). 7% were located in Mansfield but Ashfield, Broxtowe and Gedling had 5% or less. The highest concentrations of tourism businesses are in the greener and more rural areas of the county, or in the city of Nottingham, which is the hub for local transport and offers the widest range of shopping and events. There are disadvantages to this uneven spread, and certain Districts are justified in feeling that they do not benefit from tourism income as much as others. However, with projects such as ERDF and Coalfields Regeneration targeting funding into specific zones, and the greening of many former coal-mining sites, it is likely that this pattern of distribution will change in the future. For example, one of the stated objectives of the recent ERDF grant to Nottinghamshire County Council’s Arts Service is to encourage cultural tourism into the former coalfields areas, which need both environmental and economic improvement. This should, in time, feed through into the local economy, stimulating demand for accommodation and other tourist services. (2) Tourism provides full-time, part-time and seasonal/ casual jobs as well as opportunities for work experience or volunteers. Within Nottinghamshire, tourism supports 1839 full-time jobs, 1208 seasonal or casual jobs, 758 part-time jobs and at least 448 volunteer / work experience opportunities. (3) 64% of those who responded to this questionnaire said they regularly had visitors from the USA. 55% of businesses said they received French tourists and 52% of respondents said they received visitors from Germany. Belgium and the Netherlands were cited by 46% of respondents. 23% regularly have tourists from Spain. The Far East was mentioned by 18% of respondents. Less frequent are visits from Eastern Europe – only 13% receive them. (4) 2001 was a difficult year for many tourism businesses, due to the national Foot & Mouth epidemic, plus disruption to international travel caused by the international terrorism. However, although 34% of Nottinghamshire businesses said their turnover in 2001 had decreased another 34% said their turnover had remained the same. 24% said turnover had increased. Whilst closures affected businesses in the rural area (e.g. Nottinghamshire’s Country Parks closed for five weeks in Spring), businesses in the city benefited as tourists sought alternative venues for days out. The crisis may also have stimulated businesses to increase promotional activity in order to win back custom. Nearly half tourism businesses reported increasing confidence for this year. Local priorities given by respondents included: A diary of festivals and events Update on possible funding for Programme for the National Church Tourism Conference Swanwick Useful links Looking for a job? Community owned and community led, ‘Hidden Britain Centres’ offer the visitor a unique insight into the history, folklore, culture and heritage of a local area. More guest than tourist, the visitor is personally introduced to treasures which otherwise would be to them, hidden Britain. Led by the Arthur Rank Centre, the Project partnership includes Voluntary Action Cumbria, Cumbria Tourist Board and Churches Together in Cumbria. Support is secured from the Small Business Service’s Development Fund for Rural Renewal. The Development Officer will turn the concept into Cumbria yet contributing to our ambition to develop a national project. You will be a creative and engaging person who will generate and enable the potential of local communities and resources to be realised. You will have the skills to develop, trial and manage project resources and relationships with a range of agencies. The post will be based at VAC offices near Penrith. For application pack, please e mail vac@ruralcumbria.org.uk or write to VAC, The Old Stables, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT. Closing date 25th May 2002. Interviews 18th June Is run from the Arthur Rank Centre, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh CV8 2LZ. Paul Bond is National Liaison office for church tourism, and can be contacted on 01865 331124 or via paul_bond@Bigfoot.com. Membership of NTCG costs £12 for individuals and £25 for churches. NTCG publishes a regular Newsletter (‘Faith in Tourism’) and has a web-based discussion group on church tourism issues in the UK. New Publications The Arts in Your Church, a practical guide by Fiona Bond (Piquant, 2001, ISBN 190-368-9007. £8.99). Handbook for churches who want to become more involved in the arts, including music, dance, storytelling, drama and visual arts. ___________________________________________ Tourism in Nottinghamshire, April 2002 Profile Nottingham This survey was designed to examine the way in which Nottinghamshire’s tourism industry is recovering from the aftermath of the foot-and-mouth epidemic and events of September 11th. Information was received from a wide variety of tourism businesses, and results suggested that: (1)Tourism in Nottinghamshire is spread unevenly, with >30% of tourism-related business concentrated in Newark & Sherwood District, followed by Rushcliffe (18%), City of Nottingham (14%) and Bassetlaw (13%). 7% were located in Mansfield but Ashfield, Broxtowe and Gedling had 5% or less. The highest concentrations of tourism businesses are in the greener and more rural areas of the county, or in the city of Nottingham, which is the hub for local transport and offers the widest range of shopping and events. There are disadvantages to this uneven spread, and certain Districts are justified in feeling that they do not benefit from tourism income as much as others. However, with projects such as ERDF and Coalfields Regeneration targeting funding into specific zones, and the greening of many former coal-mining sites, it is likely that this pattern of distribution will change in the future. For example, one of the stated objectives of the recent ERDF grant to Nottinghamshire County Council’s Arts Service is to encourage cultural tourism into the former coalfields areas, which need both environmental and economic improvement. This should, in time, feed through into the local economy, stimulating demand for accommodation and other tourist services. (2) Tourism provides full-time, part-time and seasonal/ casual jobs as well as opportunities for work experience or volunteers. Within Nottinghamshire, tourism supports 1839 full-time jobs, 1208 seasonal or casual jobs, 758 part-time jobs and at least 448 volunteer / work experience opportunities. (3) 64% of those who responded to this questionnaire said they regularly had visitors from the USA. 55% of businesses said they received French tourists and 52% of respondents said they received visitors from Germany. Belgium and the Netherlands were cited by 46% of respondents. 23% regularly have tourists from Spain. The Far East was mentioned by 18% of respondents. Less frequent are visits from Eastern Europe – only 13% receive them. (4) 2001 was a difficult year for many tourism businesses, due to the national Foot & Mouth epidemic, plus disruption to international travel caused by the international terrorism. However, although 34% of Nottinghamshire businesses said their turnover in 2001 had decreased another 34% said their turnover had remained the same. 24% said turnover had increased. Whilst closures affected businesses in the rural area (e.g. Nottinghamshire’s Country Parks closed for five weeks in Spring), businesses in the city benefited as tourists sought alternative venues for days out. The crisis may also have stimulated businesses to increase promotional activity in order to win back custom. Nearly half tourism businesses reported increasing confidence for this year. Local priorities given by respondents included: A diary of festivals and events Update on possible funding for Programme for the National Church Tourism Conference Swanwick Useful links
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