At both Hood Manor and Penketh the Partnership Council (governing body of the two sites) made a descision to use Fair Trade products and be environmentally concious whereever possible.

This commitment to change our approach to the way we work as a church has already had a siginificant impact into individuals life-style choices.

If you are interested in learning more, then an excellent book can be recommended, entitled "1001 Ways you can save the Planet". Written by Joanna Yarrow and published by Duncan Baird Publishers - London. A couple of excerpts are listed as a flavour, and several web-sites to help you make the right choices ...

Chapel Road, Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire,
WA5 2NB

Services at 10:30

Raikes Close, Great Sankey
Warrington, Cheshire
WA5 1XE

Services at 11:00 and 18:30

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Damm fine coffee - make sure your daily caffeine boost is supplied by coffee beans that have been fairly traded ... In recent years fairly traded producer groups have been paid three times the international price for robusta beans ...

Screensaver - Make a point of switching off your computer screen each time you leave your desk ... A computer in "screensaver" mode uses almost as much energy as it does when it is being used...

Runny nose? - Use a handkerchief rather than paper tissues to blow your nose. Not only will this save trees, but the (ideally organic) cotton will be kinder to your nose than the wood fibres in tissues.

Please click on the symbol for the next page full of useful websites to save the planet.