The Churchyard
Our large churchyard is both attractive and historically interesting. Many people ask to be interred there, but the rules governing its use are complicated. If you have a query or request concerning a grave or ashes plot, please contact our Parish Office on 01276 27855. Churchyard Volunteers We have a Volunteers Code to help coordinate the work of our awesome
volunteers! This document sets out a framework for those who generously volunteer their
free time to help maintain the churchyard at St Peter's. Click here to download the full document Volunteers Code Alternatively, you can email the Churchyard Administrator at frimleychurchyard@gmail.com and
the document can be sent to you.
Volunteers Code for St Peter’s Churchyard.
There is a wealth of architecture,
sculpture, wildlife and poetry in St Peter’s Churchyard. It is a unique and
historic place within the community. As such, we need to maintain the
churchyard to an acceptable standard to honour those at rest, with careful and
considered seasonal maintenance. This document sets out a framework to enable
those who generously volunteer their free time to maintain the churchyard of St
Peter’s Church, in a safe and enriching environment, which will benefit you and
the community.
Your help as a Churchyard Volunteer
is greatly appreciated. We thank you.
We ask you
to be:
Polite, responsible and respectful at
all times.
Conscious of your own abilities and
your health and safety.
Please:
Inform the Churchyard Administrator when you intend to visit the churchyard and the tasks you intend to do. He will record your visit for Health and Safety reasons, and make you aware of any
planned work by professional agencies during your
visit. He will also be able to guide you if you have time
to volunteer but no planned tasks.
Bring the appropriate personal safety equipment, the right
tools and have a competent knowledge of those tools, in order to carry out
whatever task you are doing. We are unable to supply any powered tools.
Take regular breaks and refreshment.
In the unlikely event of any emergency occurring, and having
to call 999. The address is St Peter’s Church, Frimley Green Road, GU16 7AQ.
Access to the churchyard is via Parsonage Way, Frimley.
Report any damage to the Churchyard
Administrator with relevant photographs (if possible), so that the appropriate
action can be taken.
Before maintenance is carried out on any of the graves or monuments,
the Churchyard Administrator must be informed so that it can be recorded, the
appropriate permissions can be confirmed and (if appropriate) a plan of action
can be made.
Churchyard Administrator
Mark Russell has accepted the voluntary role of Churchyard
Administrator for Frimley Parish. Mark has been volunteering in the churchyard for
several years. He has helped to establish our prayer walk as well as
signposting our war memorials and other key graves with a QR code trail. He is
also responsible for  our spectacular Poppy displays each Remembrance Day and is
an active member of the church along with his wife and two young children. Mark co-ordinates all maintenance & development in our
churchyard and liaises with all parties active in our churchyard. These include
paid contractors, the probation services, organised parish gardening mornings,
the fabric team and individual volunteers.
Our thanks as always go out to the many volunteers that work
in the churchyard. Your contribution is greatly appreciated especially at official volunteer mornings advertised in our weekly newsletter. If you would
like to get involved in volunteering in the churchyard please drop Mark an email to frimleychurchyard@gmail.com 
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