We need your help!
Since Spring of last year, a small group of Friends have been working to improve facilities across the church and the hall.
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St Gabriel’s Hall upgrade progress
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We installed 40 solar panels to improve the sustainability of the heating the hall.
Using 250 hours of volunteer time we have repainted the hall, upgraded all of the toilet areas and managed several small but important items like installing motion sensitive taps and lighting. We used professionals where necessary and Community reuse paint and discounts.
Volunteers at work
Pre upgrade flooring
Our kitchen has gone from this to this. Our expenditure has for all works to date totalled £39500
In the same period fundraising has brought in, including thanks several very generous donations £ 47,000
Our problem now is this!
We plan to lower the stage and create significant two storey storage area.
We will repaint the ceiling, resand the floor, radically improve accessibility via an external ramp alongside the hall
and safe access to the garden for the preschool. We will also renew the chairs and tables.
To achieve this we need to raise a further £88,000. You can really help us by giving in the week of December 3rd – 10th anything you give will be match funded by the Big Give consortium so we have the chance to double our money please help!
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Fundraising has to date brought in more than £40,000
For the storage project alone we need to raise at least an additional £75,000.
To help us we are approaching grant giving bodies like the Veolia Trust and National Lottery.