The National Day of Reflection, coordinated by the charity Marie Curie and officially supported by the Church of England, is designated as a special day to reflect on collective loss and grief.  On 23 March 2021, it’ll be one year since the first UK lockdown. Since then, millions of people have been bereaved, both as a result of Covid-19 and due to other causes.

We will be marking the National Day of Reflection on 23 March by opening the church from 9.00am to 6.00pm for private prayer. We will be setting up a prayer wall outside the church on 21 March, which anyone can tie a ribbon and say a prayer of remembrance for those who have died, or a prayer of thanksgiving or praise. The ribbons will remain in place for a few weeks.

There will be a small basket of ribbons by the wall.