FOWC Portfolio

Wreaths
In November/December time, we pull some wreaths together that shops have rejected and spruce
them up a bit before displaying them on our bier. We always receive a brilliant outcome, with total
amounts raised increasing each year thanks to large donations. In 2016, we raised a whopping £900!
Grave Maintenance
Because we’re in a cemetery, we have gravestones and kerbing to maintain. The council often check
the stability and safety of the stones, but it is up to the grave owners to maintain physical
appearance. People mainly go to stone masons if they would like anything doing to their grave, but
we receive a lot of requests and offer the following:
The cleaning of graves
Kerbing to be re-aligned or uncovered from the grass over-growth
Gold/Silver lettering to be re-painted using specialist paint to ensure a quality finish
Any shrubs to be pruned on graves, or weeding
Finding the grave itself in the cemetery using our database and maps
Adding flowers and a wreath for those living overseas or less able to visit
All of the above, we ask for a donation of any amount, except the painting and flowers/wreaths
which is priced due to the expense of the paint and flowers/wreaths. We make the donation amount
open as not everyone can afford to donate a lot, people are very generous and will often give more
than what we would have originally asked for, and we do these jobs because we enjoy them and are
paid with the happiness of the people who made the request.
Postcards
One of our Friends, Lana, digitally painted our Hub to be printed
as postcards so she could sell them at the Open Day. We sell
them for 50p, and post them to people who send donations
online.
The artwork is titled “Chapel at Dusk” and is on display on our
information racks, where bookmarks are also available. Lana is
also aiming to create some “I visited Cyril the Squirrel at
Wombwell Cemetery” badges, with Cyril as the central painting.