In 2018, parishioners and supporters set out to raise £150,000 in their Seeing is Believing campaign to clean and restore the ancient St Chad Saddleworth Parish Church east window.

With support from the Saddleworth community and St Chad’s reserves, the stained glass and stonework has been completed.

This was celebrated at a rededication of the window by the Rev Canon Sharon Jones, team rector of Saddleworth, who said: “This is testament to the huge significance of the church within the history and life of the community, and demonstrates a desire to restore it for future generations.”