St Faiths Sunflowers Community Volunteer Group

24/06/2026

🌻 Family Fun Day – Come and Say Hello! 🌻

Many of you follow, like and share our posts, but have never had the chance to meet us in person!

On Saturday 4th July, we'll be at the Family Fun Day at the St Faiths Centre and we'd love you to pop along, say hello, have some fun with us and find out more about St Faiths Sunflowers

🌻 Meet some of our volunteers
🌻 Learn about what we do in the community
🌻 Enjoy our children's activities – lucky dip, headband and wand making
🌻 Support our fundraising activities – guess the sunflower seeds in a bottle and more!
🌻 Find out how you can get involved

Whether you’d like to volunteer, learn more or show your support, we’d love to see you there. 🌻

Thanks to Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Crematorium St Faiths Post Office & Stores St Faiths Petanque Club Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring The Black Swan The Gables Foot Health Care X Adventure Woodgate Nursery The Walled Garden Shop at Plumstead Felthorpe Lawnmower Services Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Norfolk Community Foundation
🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

22/06/2026

🌻 Sunflowers - Thank you - Together We Shine🌻

Saw this and wanted to share 💚

When volunteers come together with purpose, kindness and friendship, amazing things happen. Let's continue to grow, flourish and bloom together 🌺

21/06/2026

🌻 Sunflowers Volunteer Morning … Let’s Come Together with Smiles🌻

Thursday 25th June, 10:00 – 12:30, meeting outside the office at the St Faiths Crematorium

"Interested in joining us? See full event details and RSVP here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/14eLCn9YCit/

🌻Sunflower tip - June is the month when sunflowers really start to put on growth! To help them thrive, give them a deep watering during dry spells rather than little and often. This encourages stronger roots and helps support those tall stems later in the summer.

Come along, bring a smile, and be part of something special.

Other ways to support us:
- Follow us, Share, Comment, Like
- play the Community at Heart Lottery select St Faiths

“Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it’s about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of ‘How can we support each other…?’”

Thanks to St Faiths Centre Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Post Office & Stores St Faiths Petanque Club Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring The Black Swan The Gables Foot Health Care Woodgate Nursery Felthorpe Lawnmower Services X Adventure The Walled Garden Shop at Plumstead Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Norfolk Community Foundation

🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

19/06/2026

🌻 Go Sunflowers Quiz team! 🌻

Another great evening at The Black Swan quiz night, we grew and bloomed climbing from last to joint 4th!

Proudly wearing our new Sunflower T-shirts kindly donated by Shred Station Ltd, we played, we pondered, we laughed and we quizzed our way through another fun-filled evening together.

It's not just about the score, it's about friendship, community and having a great time together.

Thanks to St Faiths Crematorium St Faiths Centre Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Post Office & Stores St Faiths Petanque Club Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring X Adventure The Gables Foot Health Care Felthorpe Lawnmower Services Woodgate Nursery The Walled Garden Shop at Plumstead Voluntary Norfolk Norfolk Community Foundation Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub
🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

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17/06/2026

🌻Sunflower Spotlight – David ‘Bristle Brush Boss’🌻

Meet our next Sunflowers volunteer, in our Spotlight posts, the real stories from our volunteers about why they got involved, what keeps them coming back and what makes our group shine.

David began volunteering with us from July 2025.

Was there anything in particular that motivated you to join?
• After using the woods at the centre to walk my dogs it only seemed right to put something back to the community for allowing us to use this wonderful space. Also meeting fellow villagers and helping out in general.

What do you enjoy about the role?
• Meeting the team, the general banter and the food is not bad either. Good company and a feeling of putting something in to the community.

What would you say to someone else thinking of becoming a volunteer?
• Just give it a go. A warm welcome awaits you.

Ways to support us:
- Follow us, Share, Comment, Like
- Play the Community at Heart Lottery select St Faiths

Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it is about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of "How can we support each other...?"

Thanks to St Faiths Centre St Faiths Crematorium The Black Swan Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School The Gables Foot Health Care Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Norfolk Community Foundation St Faiths Post Office & Stores The Walled Garden Shop at Plumstead Woodgate Nursery Felthorpe Lawnmower Services Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring

🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

17/06/2026

14/06/2026

🌻 Seedlings, Sunflowers, Nests & Top Trumps 🌻

Well on this day the heavens really opened and it was impossible to work outside with the children. But undaunted, we took our bag of compost and seeds indoors. We planted compostable pots with sunflower seeds, for the ‘Seedlings’ to take home and grow. Everyone enjoyed getting their hands in the compost and between us we cleared up the table afterwards.

Fran had brought in a chaffinch bird’s nest, found by a friend and everyone enjoyed looking at that.

Then we grown-ups were taught how to play 'Top Trumps’ by the children, using cards featuring British flowers that they had made themselves. So the rain didn’t defeat us and we will try again for a summer activity in July!

“Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it’s about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of ‘How can we support each other…?’"

With thanks to Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Crematorium St Faiths Centre St Faiths Post Office & Stores The Gables Foot Health Care The Black Swan Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Voluntary Norfolk Norfolk Community Foundation
🌻 Together We Shine – Together We Support – Together We Succeed 🌻

11/06/2026

🤩 Productive, Amazing Volunteer Day – What a team!🌻

A proud day, as a team the 12 of us Sunflowers achieved so much, both with and without the power tools and the sunshine held making such a difference. The St Faiths Centre certainly got an outside spruce yesterday!

- The hedges on the main public path were transformed with the overhanging weeds strimmed away
- The weeds and debris around the main building and carpark were brushed, plucked and blown!
- The litter was found, picked and disposed of safely.
- The woodland paths were kept clear, for us all to enjoy. The Sunflowers v’s Nettles, we won again – the Brushcutter was put to good use! And the overhanging branches were also trimmed, no more ducking required!

And we still found time to brush and clean the 6 bus shelters and trim the overhanging branches on the Church Street path, for our beautiful Parish.

WOW!

Ways to support us:
- Come and join in the fun, we know you want to!
- Follow us, Like, Share, Comment
- Play the Community at Heart Lottery select St Faiths

“Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it’s about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of ‘How can we support each other…?’”

Thanks to St Faiths Crematorium Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Petanque Club St Faiths Post Office & Stores The Black Swan Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring The Gables Foot Health Care Felthorpe Lawnmower Services Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Norfolk Community Foundation
🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

10/06/2026

🧹Bristle Brush Bonanza 🧹

It's amazing what a difference the right tools can make!

Our volunteers have been putting some fantastic equipment to good use, helping us care for and improve our shared community spaces more effectively than ever. 🌞

🎥 Take a look at the video to see one of the St Faiths Sunflowers in action, such fun!

A full update on everything we achieved today will be coming soon – watch this space.

A huge thank you to St Faiths Parish Council and the Norfolk Community Foundation for providing the funding for the equipment that helps us achieve so much for our community. And to Felthorpe Lawnmower Services for giving us a fantastic discount.

“Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it’s about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of ‘How can we support each other…?’”

Thanks to St Faiths Centre St Faiths Crematorium Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School The Black Swan The Gables Foot Health Care St Faiths Petanque Club Woodgate Nursery St Faiths Post Office & Stores Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub The Walled Garden Shop at Plumstead
🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻

09/06/2026

🥄 🏆 Quiz Night Update! 😆🌻

Well... it finally happened!

After months of avoiding it, the St Faiths Sunflowers Quiz Team proudly brought home the wooden spoon at our latest The Black Swan quiz night!

While our quiz knowledge may have taken the evening off, the laughter, friendship and team spirit were in full bloom as always. From challenging questions to plenty of head-scratching moments, we had a fantastic night together.

The best part of quiz night isn't where we finish on the leaderboard, it's getting together, having fun and sharing a few laughs along the way.

Who knows? Next month we could be back near the top... or defending our newly acquired trophy!

Ways to support us:
- Come and join in the fun, we know you want to!
- Follow us, Share, Comment, Like
- Play the Community at Heart Lottery select St Faiths

“Volunteering with the Sunflowers is about more than gardening; it’s about community, connection and wellbeing, with the ethos of ‘How can we support each other…?’”

Thanks to St Faiths Centre St Faiths Crematorium Friends of St Faiths' C of E Primary School St Faiths Petanque Club Seneye Aquarium and Pond Monitoring The Gables Foot Health Care Woodgate Nursery Voluntary Norfolk Broadland and South Norfolk Help Hub Norfolk Community Foundation
🌻Together We Shine - Together We Support - Together We Succeed🌻