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Queens Award for Voluntary Service Crystal and Certificate of Authenticity presented to The Friends of St Helens Cemetery by Mr Mark Blundell, Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside on Monday 14th November 2022
Followed by a Pride of St Helens Award in the same week. Honoured to receive the QAVS certificate of authenticity signed by Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth 11 and then to receive an award from our own town.
Incredible week for our volunteers.
In July 2024 the Friends of St Helens Cemetery were awarded the prestigious Green Flag Community Award - Another first for FOSCG!!
Green Flag Community Award 2024‘The Memorial Gardens within St.Helens Cemetery & Crematorium’In a record breaking year Friends of St Helens Cemetery is raising its prestigious Green Flag Community Award.The Friends of St Helens Cemetery have been awarded the much coveted Green Flag Community Award, which recognises quality sites managed by voluntary and community groups, for “The Memorial Gardens within St Helens Cemetery and Crematorium”. These sites are officially recognised as one of the country’s best maintained and managed green space areas by community volunteers.Keep Britain Tidy’s Green Flag Community Award Scheme Manager Paul Todd MBE said “I would like to congratulate everyone at The Friends of St Helens Cemetery on achieving a Green Flag Community Award”.We understand this is a first for St Helens The Green Flag Community Award recognises places where volunteers have come together to make areas that are accessible to the public are made more attractive, welcoming, safe, well maintained and environmentally managed. Conservation of local biodiversity, landscape and heritage with creativity, innovation and genuine community involvement are recognised.
Follow our permanent Heritage Trail
The map is available below, on the large information board at Hard Lane entrance or
from the Crematorium Office during
office hours.
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See News/Event page for forthcoming events
friendsofsthelenscemetery@gmail.com
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X : FOSCG
The Friends of St. Helens Cemetery held its first meeting in January 2006 as a result of St. Helens Council inviting local people to become involved and take an interest in the heritage, planning, and day to day issues concerning the Cemeteries and Crematorium.
St. Helens Council continues to support The Friends and are active members of the committee and sub-committee meetings.
The group initially met every 12 weeks to discuss a wide range of issues concerning the cemeteries and crematorium. During this time the group mainly focused on preserving and maintaining the heritage, overall appearance of the cemetery grounds and lobbied for changes and improvements in areas of car parking, use of cars in the cemeteries, dog fouling, damage and theft to graves and items left on them.
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The Friends of St. Helens Cemetery are a vibrant and active group who will continue to develop their programme of events, strive to maintain and protect the heritage, environment and grounds of the cemeteries, and plan new initiatives which will enhance the cemeteries for the local community and visitors.
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Member of National Federation of Cemetery Friends
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If you wish to support the Friends group contact us via our email address friendsofsthelenscemetery@gmail.com for further details
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We rely on donations to help us with events and other projects in the cemeteries. Any donation is always gratefully received.
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