Welcome to St Anne’s Haverthwaite
St Anne’s is a stone built Georgian Church nestling towards the west of the foot of Windermere just off the A590. We’re noted for our warm welcome and friendliness to all who attend our services and events, our congregation since Covid averages anywhere between 14 and 25 sometimes more when the holiday season and warmer weather descends upon us.
Bicentennial Year 200 Years in the Community!
And 200 years passed so quickly!
The Bicentennial went off really well, culminating in a Fantastic Concert in aid of three charities.
Superb music and vocals filled the evening along with excellent company – what more could anyone want?
Our thanks for the entertainment go to Graham Toft (Organist) and his assistant Elizabeth; To Julia and Michael Carroll and David Lodge who was our Master of Ceremonies.
Our next Concert is expected to be on Saturday December 13th at 7PM – more info to follow so watch this space.
Welcome to 2026 at St Anne’s Haverthwaite – Happy New Year to you all.
Catching Up
Advent and Christmas were somewhat hectic with much going on and plenty to do. Recitals were excellent, the Coffee Morning and Fair was bags of fun with Santa turning for the children from 3 months to 93. Then the Christmas Concert for charitable causes; Boy, was that great! great singing, fantastic playing of organ and keyboard and fun as we said hello to Christmas Pending.
All of which led up to the Crib Service on Christmas Eve which was again well attended and the Vicar Rev Marcus had everyone laughing with stories about Christmas and Christmas Past. Christmas Day saw us celebrating the Christmas Eucharist followed by a darn good natter and tea coffee and many biscuits.
So now we turn our heads and energy to the New Year. Why not come and join us for and hour or two, meet and make new friends, get involved in community projects (we are planning two large community projects already) more on this later. In the mean time we hope 2026 is a good year for you and yours, may you have health, happiness and peace as we move forward into the unknown of 2026.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding at St Anne’s Haverthwaite
At St Anne’s Haverthwaite, we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance. If you have any concerns or enquiries regarding safeguarding, please contact our safeguarding officer.
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Miss Loraine Birchall
Email: loraine.birchall@gmail.com
Phone : 07877979829
The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Joanna Van Lachterop and she can be contacted at safeguarding.adviser@carlislediocese.org.uk or at 07458 016884. Joanna’s working days are Monday to Friday.
Out of Hours Support:
If Joanna is unavailable and you are concerned that an adult is being abused, or at risk, you should report it by contacting Adult Social Care, Cumberland Council. Emergency Out of Hours – 01228 526690
If you are concerned about a child or young person, please contact:
Cumberland Safeguarding Hub on 0333 240 1727 (if it relates to a concern in the Allerdale, Carlisle or Copeland area) or,
Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Hub on 0300 373 2724 (if it relates to a concern in the Barrow, Eden or South Lakeland area).
If you believe that a child or adult is in immediate danger or requires medical attention, call the emergency services on 999.
Please come and visit St Anne’s, children are welcome and when we know they are coming we try to involve them in the service in some way, we also keep a small amount of toys for the toddlers and young people to play with.
We don’t care whether you believe in God, or Jesus, what matters to us is that you are here and joining in with what we churched folk call “Fellowship”. It can and does make a big difference to village life when we get together to do things within and for our community and we are always looking to support projects that make for a better life for our residents near and far and those who work here.