Funding

• Restoration of the World War One Memorial and creation of a Memorial Garden

• Drainage repairs

• Framing of the Life of Henry Chichele in fabric and thread now housed in the Bede House

• Repair of the churchyard lantern

• Creation of an external oak cross.

Churchyard planting

• Yew tree, rose bushes, herbaceous plants in the memorial beds and thousands of spring flowering bulbs

• Maintenance of the planting with involvement of children and young people.

Events

• Many fundraising social events from Coffee Mornings to Cheese and Wine Evenings

• Afternoon Teas with SERVE

• Dementia awareness training

• Involvement in local heritage projects including the Town Charter Project and Heritage Family Fun Days at Rushden Lakes

• Contributions to Chichele Society Heritage Exhibitions

• Conducting Town Tours.

Research

• Churchyard memorials: World War One, Richard Hacon and the Jolleys

• Publication of book on Richard Hacon and Typhoid in Higham Ferrers

• Exhibition on Richard Hacon; Higham’s Forgotten Hero.

Conservation

• Churchyard Wildlife Conservation Project creating a wildflower meadow, dead hedge, Bug Hotel and Bee Bed

• Surveys of wildflowers, moths and a bat watch, recorded sightings of insects, birds, and mammals

• Outdoor exhibition of information boards featuring wildlife in the churchyard.

• ​