Diocesan Schools Building Fund – the leaflet explaining how you can help to support the Diocese Schools Building by making a donation to the fund can be found below. Building works for voluntary aided / Catholic schools are granted 90% of the costs by the Local Authority, therefore school has to find an additional 10% of the building cost. This fund is of great importance to our school and helps to maintain the building and major repair projects.
SBF Leaflet 2025-2026 Academies
Mass times
Saturday Vigil Mass 6:30 p.m.
Sunday morning Mass 11:00 a.m.
If you wish to contact Father Paul regarding arrangements for Baptism please contact him at the Presbytery 0161 338 2575
or email stpetersstalybridge@btinternet.com
Church Parade – uniform groups
Monthly Church Parade, at 11am mass, for all the rainbows, beavers, brownies, cubs, guides and scouts. Please meet in the Parish Hall at 10:45am.
There will be refreshments available after mass. All Welcome.
Greystones and Infinity Initiatives Supporting Families
The Third World Group supports these two worth charities, if you can help donations of: single duvets, bedding and sleeping bags and men’s toiletries. If you are buying a new artificial Christmas tree please let us have your old one. Contact Rob White on 338 6982 for more information.
Donations of Advent calendars and selection boxes for children would also be welcomed.
Gambia Clothes donation
Families and communities that are supported by St. Peter’s and St. Raphael’s Church send their thanks for the generous donations being provided and are asking anyone for donations of any unwanted baby, children’s and teenager clothes. Money saved by this donation will mean that families can afford to pay school fees for the children’s education.
Chamen Oakes Nursery School are in need of educational toys such as Duplo and mega blocks, Large piece jigsaws and small toys. for more information please see the flyer in the school reception or click on the link below.
Appeal for Children’s clothes Gambia
A Liturgy Mass is celebrated every month at either 6.30pm on Saturday or 11.00am on Sunday in the chapel . Children are welcome to join us, where they will be able to create and share in the weekly Gospel. Throughout the Mass the children will take part in the Sunday service.
Children’s Liturgy Mass St. Peter’s Church
The Catholic Church of England and Wales website
Every two years we support the Mission Together charity. Collection boxes are sent home with pupils, where we ask for loose change to help fill the boxes over the coming months, any donation is greatly received. Mission Together also asks for prayers.
Donations last year helped to build an orphanage in Zambia, the amount raised was £284.88.
Thank you for your generosity and continued support.
About Mini Vinnies:
Mini Vinnies are a worldwide group of young people aged between 7-11 who are part of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) and are, quite literally, mini St Vincentians.
Our St. Peter’s Mini Vinnies meet weekly to learn more about prayer and the importance of practical work. Our meetings focus on prayer, a scripture readings, reflection and discuss how they can help their family, friends, the local community and people in need, particularly those in developing countries. Mini Vinnies work to turn concern into action as they use the simple formula, ‘See, Think, Do!’
Meet our Mini Vinnies!
Mini Vinnie President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Communications Officer
Members
Autumn Harvest Collection
Thank you to all our school community for their generous donations to our Autumn Harvest collection. Our Mini Vinnies took all donated food to the food bank collection point at Tesco’s.
Young Vincentians’ Mass
On Tuesday 11th November, our Mini Vinnies attended a mass at Our lady and the Apostles church in Stockport with Mini Vinnies from schools across Manchester.
Gather The Family
Our Mini Vinnies planned and ran a coffee afternoon for our families, neighbours, and parishioners. We connected over a brew and a quiz to help combat loneliness and feelings of isolation. We tied our coffee afternoon in with the birthdays of St Vincent de Paul and Blessed Frédéric Ozanam to gather our SVP family to honour the legacy of both men and look to the future filled with hope.
Royal British Legion
Every year we support the Royal British Legion. Again this year it was very well supported, on sale were pin badges, rulers, pencils, rubbers and sharpeners and the traditional paper poppies. Well done to children in who worked hard in their break times selling the poppies for this worthy charity. We raised a wonderful amount £280.36 for this very worth charity.
Thank you for your generosity and continued support.
CAFOD
Throughout the year school and nursery raises money in various ways for CAFOD. Please see below for the amounts raised so far in 2024/25.
Cafod Family Fast Day – The amount raised was £91.76.
Lenten Fundraising 2025 – The amount raised was £1264.18
Mini Vinnies sale of ice lollies after school was £118.86
Click on the website link below to see how your fundraising continues to help those in need.
Lenten Fundraising
Throughout Lent each class helps to raise monies to be donated to school’s chosen charities. In 2025 the total amount of money donated to these worthy charities was £1264.18 . This year the children did various fund raising activities such as sponsored Zumba, bounce a ball, talent shows and board game afternoon as well as the Year 6 Cafod Café, weekly toast and bread sticks. A big thank you to parents and children for all their help with the fundraising. The money raised has been donated to CAFOD this year with it being the Catholic Church’s special Jubilee Year. 
If you would like to find out more information on some of the organisations that we support click on the relevant links below.
Mary’s Meals
The school continues to supports this very worthy charity.
Please click on the website link below to find out more information.
Thank you for your continued support.
Willow Wood Hospice
Throughout the year school raises money for our local hospice.
Francis House Children’s Hospice
The amount raised from the summer 2025 Year 6 production of ‘School-O-Vision’ door collection and programme sales was £56.88.
Francis House Children’s Hospice
Samaritans Purse
School created 27 boxes for this year’s appeal. Well done everyone! Thank you for your kind donations for a very worthy cause. To find out more information about this worthy cause click on the link below:
Mission Together
Mission Together is the Catholic Church’s official overseas charity for children.
Every year children take home a red Mission Box and collect any spare change. The money is used to provide healthcare to children abroad.
Mission Together not only ask for money but also prayers for those children around the world less fortunate than us.
Thank you for your generosity and continued support.
Children In Need
To celebrate Children In Need this year the whole school wore either something spotty or Pudsey colours on Friday 15th November 2024. It was suggested in 2024 a 50p voluntary donation was given by the pupils for this worthy cause, the total fundraising amounted to £115.00 Well done everybody!
Reuben’s Retreat
This year we have supported this wonderful charity. Reuben’s legacy, was founded in 2012 and is a local retreat supporting families who have suffered the loss of a child or have a child living with medical complexities. The Christmas productions for both Infants and Juniors in December 2024 were wonderful performances, and every child worked extremely hard and as a great team to put on these shows. Thank you also to the staff for their energy and enthusiasm, and to our audiences for their participation and support. The amount raised through ticket sales was a tremendous £400.
Third World Group
St. Peter’s Third World Group has been part of the St. Peter’s And St. Raphael’s Parish for many years . One of the areas that they support is St. Peter’s Gambia School. As a school we have always donated equipment, uniform and stationary.
Please click on the flyer for more information as to what is needed St. Peter’s Gambia
Love of Lacey
Lacey Warburton, age 7, was a bright vibrant little girl, enjoying her summer holidays when she suddenly and inexplicably passed away. The trauma that her parents, brother and extended family and friends have experienced and are still experiencing is unimaginable.
The family are supported by each other and their friends which is a blessing.
Ray and Jodie have set up the charity ‘Love of Lacey’ to provide support to other families who find themselves in such dreadful circumstances. As Lacey was a pupil at St Peter’s we are committed to the memory of Lacey but also we are supporting her charity in a variety of ways.
Registered Charity Number 1183876 Love of Lacey – registered charity
Monies raised totalled to £370.74 to support Lacey’s charity.
Thank you for your continued support.