We believe there is a real need to support the
community in Idle and Thackley, not only with our present community activities
but also to offer accommodation to new groups wanting to use our premises. At the start of 2013 we developed an ambitious redevelopment project. This comprises a number of essential or desirable improvements to our building, to benefit not only the church membership but also the many community groups that use our premises. The largest single element of the scheme is replacing all the old rotting windows in the building (excluding the main church windows), but the scheme also deals with removing the external fire exit doors and fire escape from the Upper Hall, and fixing the drains!
The estimated total cost for this work is £40,000! However, we are making significant progress. We have now received approval for grants from the
Bradford North Circuit Advance Fund, the Allchurches Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation and most
significantly, a £23,450 grant from WREN, the landfill tax arm of the Waste
Recycling Group. These grants are very welcome and take our fundraising to over three quarters of the total project cost.
Huge thanks go to our intrepid fund finder, Ian K, for all his hard work in sourcing grants and putting together the bids etc.
Huge thanks go to our intrepid fund finder, Ian K, for all his hard work in sourcing grants and putting together the bids etc.
We continue to raise funds via church activities such as the upcoming sponsored walk and the monthly table top sales.
Please do all you can to support us in these endeavours.