Friends of Sun Rising
The Friends
The Friends is the charity that works alongside Nature Reserve Burial Grounds, the company that runs Sun Rising Natural Burial Ground and Nature Reserve.
The creation of both a natural burial ground and nature reserve is not something that can be taken on lightly. The responsibilities are enormous. With respect to the burial ground, we are effectively promising to look after loved ones and their final resting place, not just now but into the distant future. As to the development of a truly valuable nature reserve, the timeframe must run into decades, or even centuries. Securing the future of Sun Rising is, therefore, a fundamental part of what we are doing.
While there is space for burial, Sun Rising has an income. However, as that income comes to an end, it will be the Friends of Sun Rising that will take over and care for the burial ground and nature reserve into the future.
The immediate purpose of the Friends, then, is twofold. Firstly, the Friends must raise a sufficient amount of money to ensure the financial security of the site for the long term. Secondly, the Friends' role is to support and enhance the work of the company in creating the natural, peaceful haven that is Sun Rising, adding to its stability and sustainability. In doing so, the charity becomes a part of the creation of a community of Friends, which further goes to help and protect the site.
About The Friends
The Friends of Sun Rising is a registered charity, number 1181570. It has a board of trustees, which include those representing families with loved ones buried at Sun Rising. The Friends was set up in 2010 as an unincorporated charitable association, and in 2019 was registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
As well as the trustees, anyone interested in Sun Rising can subscribe to become a Friend.
If you would like more information about The Friends, the trustees or the constitution, please get in touch.
Contact the Friends
The Friends can be contacted in the following ways.
Post: The Friends of Sun Rising, 8 Welchman Place, Tysoe, Warwick CV35 0SU
Telephone: 01295 688488
Email: friends@sunrising.co.uk
Privacy
The Friends of Sun Rising strives to meet and exceed the requirements of data protection as laid down by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For more information about when, how and why we collect personal information, and how we keep it safe, please see The Friends of Sun Rising Privacy Policy.
Join the Friends
By becoming a Friend, you will be making a valuable financial contribution, as well as becoming a part of a growing community of individuals and families who deeply care about the future of Sun Rising.
In addition to the other events that take place at Sun Rising, you'll be invited to attend our AGM. At this annual September gathering, you'll hear about plans and developments within the charity and for Sun Rising as a whole, and have an opportunity to contribute your own ideas and views.
You can join below by printing and completing our subscription form, or online via PayPal. Annual subscription is £10, or £11 if paying via PayPal.
Pay by Cash, Cheque or Bank Transfer
Download, print and return our subscription form, or get in touch and we can send you the form.
You can pay by cash, cheque or bank transfer (BACS).
Pay Online
You can join online using a credit/debit card via PayPal (you don't need to join PayPal).
In order to cover PayPal fees, the cost of subscription is £11. By general request, the PayPal subscription page offers the option to include a donation along with the subscription payment.
Donate to the Friends
We are enormously grateful for all that is given to the Friends, every penny adding to the long-term security of the site as a burial ground and a nature reserve.
Please note: on this page, donations are to The Friends of Sun Rising. If you would like to make a donation towards any aspect of the nature reserve, including birdseed, bulbs, wildflower seed and other projects, please go to the Nature Reserve donation page. Donations to the Friends of Sun Rising go towards the long term security of the site rather than to the creation and maintenance of the nature reserve at this time.
Donate by Cash, Cheque or Bank Transfer
To make a donation by cash, cheque or bank transfer (BACs), please contact us for payment details.
Donate Online
To make a donation by debit or credit card, please use the button below (you don't need to join Paypal).
To make a donation using your PayPal account, please use the button below. Paypal won't make a commission charge.
The Friends of Sun Rising is a
registered charity, number 1181570.