Stroud Parish Church
 
		of
 
		Saint Laurence
	
	
	
	
	
	
		Previous  Festivals
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		Community Christmas Tree Festival 
 
		2005 - 2019 
	
	
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		
	
		Festival in 2015
	
	
		Trees displayed by:
	
	
		Our eleven Festival was held in December 2015 was again a record breaker with 143 trees being displayed. Without the pews some trees were displayed on staging while other stool on tables and the rest at floor level. We were of course very grateful to all who brought and decorated a tree. 
 
		
 
		At the start of the event, we invited Steve Kitchen, BBC Radio Gloucestershire presenter, to switch on the lights and we were entertained with music from Baily's Beads! 
	
	
		1329 Stroud Air Training Corps - Stroud Air Cadets 
 
		1st Minchinhampton Cub Scouts 
 
		Age UK Gloucestershire Choir - Stroud Supertroupers 
 
		Alcoholics Anonymous 
 
		Amnesty International Mid-Glos Group 
 
		Baily's Beads 
 
		Barnwood Trust 
 
		Bee Tree - Andy and Avril Evans - St Laurence 
 
		Beeches A.O.C. 
 
		Bonsai World 
 
		Brimscombe and Thrupp WI 
 
		Bristish Heart Foundation Fundraising Group Stroud 
 
		Care and Repair (Stroud) Ltd 
 
		Chalford Stitchers 
 
		Cheltenham and District Orchid Society 
 
		Church Court Care Centre 
 
		Christopher Boodle - Director of Music of St Laurence Church 
 
		Cotswold Boatmobility 
 
		Cotswold House Care Home 
 
		The Cotswold Players 
 
		Cotswold Sewing Machines 
 
		Craft and Chat Project - Sherborne House, Grove Park and the Arkell Centre 
 
		Crown & Sceptre - Knit and Natter 
 
		The Door Youth Project 
 
		Dursley Training Unit 
 
		Eastcombe WI 
 
		Ebley Chapel 
 
		Festomane 
 
		Friends of Stroud Beresford Group Womens Refuge 
 
		Five Valley Sounds - Stroud's Talking Newspaper for the Blind 
 
		France Lynch WI 
 
		Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group - NHS Patient and Liaison Service 
 
		Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service 
 
		Gloucestershire Minibus Scheme (GMS) 
 
		Grove Park Sheltered Housing 
 
		Guideposts Trust - Community Hub 
 
		Hi-Lite Windows Ltd 
 
		Hill Valley & Vale Children's Centres 
 
		The Hollies Care Centre 
 
		Holy Trinity Church, Slad 
 
		Holy Trinity Church, Stroud - Messy Church 
 
		Home-Start Stroud District 
 
		HSBC Stroud 
 
		Hunt Stitchers and Abigail Crafts 
 
		Inner Wheel Club of Stroud 
 
		John, Beth, Ellie Hiatt 
 
		The Lily Pad Florist 
 
		Listening Post 
 
		The Marah Trust 
 
		Maypole Youth Group 
 
		Messy Church at St Matthew's Cainscross 
 
		Michael Gamble Funeral Directors 
 
		Minchinhampton - Nkokoto Link 
 
		Mothers' Union Stroud Deanery 
 
		Neil Carmichael - Stroud MP 
 
		OPENhouse 
 
		Parkinson's UK 
 
		Penna Homecare Ltd and Daycare Centre 
 
		Philip Ford and Son Funeral Directors 
 
		Resthaven Nursing Home at Pitchombe 
 
		Rodborough Cub Pack 
 
		Rodborough Tabernacle United Reformed Church 
 
		Rosary Catholic Primary School Gardening Club 
 
		Rosary Catholic Primary School Paper Craft Club 
 
		Rotary Club of Stroud 
 
		Saints Alive at All Saints Church Uplands 
 
		Samaritans 
 
		Save'n'borrow Credit Union (SVCU) 
 
		Seasons Nursery 
 
		Severn View Primary Academy 
 
		Shambles Market Stroud 
 
		The Shambles Nursery School 
 
		Sheepscombe Primary School 
 
		Shine On Stage Performing Arts 
 
		The Shrubberies School, Stonehouse 
 
		South Cotswold Ramblers 
 
		SP3 (Stroud Pyramid 3) Group of Retired staff from local schools 
 
		St. Laurence Church Flower Guild 
 
		St Matthews Playgroup 
 
		St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Nympsfield 
 
		St. Rose's School, School 
 
		St. Rose's Nursery School 
 
		Star Inn, Whiteshill 
 
		Steve Holmes School of Dance 
 
		Stonehouse Womens Institute 
 
		Stroud District Garden Competition 
 
		Stroud and District Wine Circle 
 
		Stroud Baptist Church (John Street) 
 
		Stroud Branch - Embroiderers Guild 
 
		Stroud Cats Protection 
 
		Stroud Ceilidhs 
 
		Stroud CAP Debt Centre 
 
		Stroud Country Show 
 
		Stroud Court Community Trust 
 
		Stroud District Girl Guiding 
 
		Stroud Electrical Services 
 
		Stroud Dog Training Club 
 
		Stroud Drop-in 
 
		Stroud Football Poets and Spaniel in the works Theatre Company 
 
		Stroud French Connection 
 
		Stroud Gardening Club 
 
		Stroud Hospitals League of Friends 
 
		Stroud in Bloom 
 
		Stroud Labour Party 
 
		Stroud Library 
 
		Stroud Local History Society 
 
		Stroud Middle of the Hill Residents Association 
 
		Stroud Quakers 
 
		Stroud Shambles WI 
 
		Stroud Shoppers' Creche 
 
		Stroud Team Church Office and Stroud Deanery Office 
 
		Stroud Town Council 
 
		Stroud District Girl Guiding 
 
		Stroud Trefoil Guild 
 
		Stroud Valley Community Primary School 
 
		Stroud Valleys Cycling Club (CTC) 
 
		Stroud Valleys Project 
 
		Stroud Valley Woodcraft Folk 
 
		The Subscription Rooms 
 
		Thrupp School and Nursery 
 
		Tiddlywinks 
 
		Toni and Mike 
 
		U3A Stroud - Patchwork and Crochet 
 
		Uplands Community Primary School 
 
		Uplands Playgroup 
 
		The Uplands Care Service 
 
		The Uplands Good Companions 
 
		Val Dalby 
 
		Vogue Haircare and Education 
 
		Warm and Well 
 
		Wednesday Wives 
 
		West and Midlands Iris Group 
 
		Whiteshill Primary School - Class 3 
 
		Whiteshill Wives Art Group 
 
		Woodchester Playgroup 
 
		Wycliffe Choral Society