by The Pineapple Project | Mar 17, 2022 | General update
Spring is in the air and the fundraising for the Pineapple Project is warming up. The great news is that Edward Gostling Foundation and Garfield Weston Foundation have come on board, both awarding generous grants to the project. This means that we have now surpassed...
by The Pineapple Project | Mar 17, 2022 | General update
Late last month the Belgravia Awards took place at the Berkeley Hotel. Local resident Caroline Agar was joined by two awards nominees: St Mary’s very own Fr Andrew Walker was nominated as a Charitable Champion and Lucy Elphinstone, Headmistress at Francis Holland...
by The Pineapple Project | Dec 23, 2021 | General update
It’s not much more than a year since we received planning permission for the Pineapple Project and fundraising could begin in earnest. Even then last winter’s lockdowns created inevitable delays so that we were only really able to get going in the early months...
by The Pineapple Project | Aug 2, 2021 | General update
Thanks to the generous support of our congregation, our local parish community and a number of generous funders the Pineapple Project has now secured over £1,000,000 in grants and donations. We were thrilled this month that Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, Allchurches...
by The Pineapple Project | Mar 25, 2021 | General update
Today, Gloria Gardner, who has been housekeeper at St Mary’s for the last 15 years, will attend a virtual ceremony held by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. She has been presented with a Mayor’s Individual Contribution Award in recognition of her work to...
by The Pineapple Project | Feb 5, 2021 | General update
St Mary’s Church and the Pineapple Project were thrilled that Fr Andrew Walker, vicar of St Mary’s, was awarded the title of Charitable Champion at this year’s annual Belgravia Awards. The award recognised that ‘In times of trouble, a charitable champion is...