Bearsted Friends of Holy Cross Church

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

As we share this final collage of photos and videos from our Bearsted Beers & Bangers night, we just want to say one last, heartfelt THANK YOU. ❤️🍻🌭🎶

What an unforgettable evening it was – full of laughter, music, dancing, and community spirit from the young to the young at heart. 💃🕺
Thanks to your amazing support, we have now raised an incredible £4,000 after costs – and it’s still growing with additional donations coming in! 🎉

💌 If you would like to contribute, please feel free to send us a private message and we can share our bank details.

We are so grateful to everyone who came along, supported, volunteered, and made the night so special. 🙏

🎁 Another huge thank you to all the incredible businesses and individuals who generously donated raffle prizes – your kindness truly means so much:
(Unfortunately too many businesses to tag everyone as Facebook won’t allow!)

🌭Crouch Butchers - Lincolshire sausages and plain pork sausages
⭐ Star Prize – 7-night holiday for two at Casa Amarilla Casitas, Spain ☀️🇪🇸
🌱 Yard Bros (our sponsor) – lawn feed hamper
🍽️ Butchers Block at The Bell – meal voucher
🍽️ The Oak on the Green – meal voucher
🍽️ Fish on the Green – meal voucher
🍽️ The Black Horse Inn – Sunday lunch & dessert for two
🍽️ Fed on the Green – meal voucher
🍷 Mereworth Wines – wine tasting & vineyard tour for two
⛳ Bearsted Golf Club – four-ball round of golf
⚽ Maidstone United Football Club – 2 x ground admission tickets
🏰 Leeds Castle – annual family ticket (2 adults & 3 children)
🍾 The Bollom family – luxury alcohol hamper
🎂 Annabelle Jane Cake School – course voucher
💈 Hairy Bear Barbers – 2 haircuts
🧘 Breathe & Release Pilates – 3 classes
🍦 Mabel on The Green – special cone/tub (x5 prizes)
🍺 Stay Wild Brew Co. – 8L keg of Amber Ale
🌿 Notcutts Garden Centre – voucher
🍷 Brendan Touhey – bottle of wine

❤️ Please do support these wonderful local businesses whenever you can – they are a huge part of what makes our community so special.

💡 We are already planning one or two events for later this year, and we would love your help!
Whether it’s planning, social media, photography, approaching local businesses for raffle prizes, shopping for supplies and consumables 🛒, collecting items, setting up beforehand, cooking 👩‍🍳, serving 🍽️, volunteering on the day in any role, or helping to pack everything away at the end – any support, big or small, would be hugely appreciated. Please do get in touch if you’d like to be involved.

Thank you all once again for making it such a wonderful, memorable evening. ❤️

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🍻 Beers & Bangers will be back next year! 🙌

02/05/2026

We can’t believe it’s already been a whole week since Bearsted Beers & Bangers! 🍻🌭

Here’s a little tour of the night…

First up, we had Maidstone Brewers serving up their delicious craft beer tastings 🍺
Then on to Penn Oast Vineyard with their fantastic local wines 🍷

🍻Next stop — our bar, pouring 6 different cask ales from Goacher's Ales, Tonbridge Brewery and Kent Brewery, alongside a great selection of soft drinks 🥤

At the next tables, we had sales of food and drink tokens, (tokens made by our lovely sponsor Yard Bros) along with homemade cakes, bar snacks and raffle tickets 🎟️🍰

And finally… a big pan out to all of YOU who made the night so much fun 💃🏻🕺🏻
🔖Tag yourself or friends that you spot on the tour!

Of course, we can’t forget Hullabaloo on stage, rocking the church — absolutely BRILLIANT 🤩🎶

For those who missed out this time, we sadly don’t have footage — but we did have a fantastic food hall in the side room of the church, with 4 servers, chafing dishes full of delicious food, and plenty to go around…
🌭 Double gourmet hotdogs
🌶️ Large veggie chilli bowls
✨ Loads of toppings for both!

👀 Keep an eye on this page for details of our next event later this year…

01/05/2026

We are still buzzing from such a fantastic evening which raised almost 4k and can’t wait to do it all again next year!

29/04/2026

If you enjoyed the fantastic wine from Penn Oast Vineyard at last Saturday’s Beers & Bangers, this is definitely one to add to your diary - an open air concert in the vineyard🥂

🎶 Voices in the Vines
with Mixed Blessings Choir
📍 Penn Oast Vineyard, Manor Lane, Hollingbourne, ME17 1UN
📅 Saturday 20th June
🕝 2:30–4:00pm (doors open 2:00pm)
💷 £15 per ticket (includes a complimentary drink)

🎶A relaxed afternoon in the vineyard with a lovely mix of traditional and modern songs—really enjoyable, easy listening in a beautiful setting 🍇

🧺Bring your own picnic and unwind.

🚗 Parking on site
🚆 Train to Hollingbourne from Bearsted + 15–20 min walk

⚠️Please note: this isn’t our event— we are sharing for friends, supporting our local businesses and groups, and we’ll definitely be there!

📩 Book tickets: [email protected]

28/04/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to the beautiful Holy Cross Church,, Bearsted for our SOLD OUT Beers & Bangers event!

What a crowd… you absolutely brought it.

We were so well looked after all night – and yes… apologies to anyone hoping for leftovers… the boys may have eaten far too many sausages. 🌭

Until next time… You can Catch the boys at
Butchers Block Bell Bearsted on
Sunday the 10th May 🎶






Bearsted Friends of Holy Cross Church

27/04/2026

We absolutely raised the roof at Beers & Bangers 🍻🌭🎶

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along and made it such an unforgettable night. We’re delighted to announce that after all costs, we raised £3,927.70 for our beautiful church. ❤️

The church was full of laughter, dancing, and amazing community spirit from start to finish, with everyone from the young to the young at heart enjoying the evening together. What a night!

Special thanks to our generous sponsors , Hullabaloo for the fantastic music, Penn Oast Vineyard for their excellent wine, the brilliant brewers from Maidstone Brewers, Crouch Butchers for donating the delicious sausages, all our raffle prize donors, and every single volunteer who worked so hard behind the scenes.

And a special mention to our incredible top raffle prize – a 7-night holiday at Casa Amarilla Casitas, in Andalucia, Spain, kindly donated by and Nick Evenden. What an amazing prize! ☀️🇪🇸

We’ve got lots more photos and videos still to come, but here are a few tasters for now 🎥📸

If you took any photos or videos on the night, please post them in the comments or send them to us – we’d love to share them and help everyone relive such a fantastic evening.

Thank you all for supporting our beautiful church and helping keep it at the heart of our community.

Watch this space… Beers & Bangers will be back next year plus other exciting events over the coming months! 🙌