Clowne Methodist Church

Roof Problems…..

The pictures below show the condition of the present church roof, with slipping tiles, broken slates and guttering. So after many hours of deliberation (and a little help from our circuit steward and an architect) the church council have finally bitten the bullet and decided…..

…..To have the church re-roofed.

This will be done sometime in the summer/autumn of this year assuming that we can raise the £32,000 needed to pay for the project. We have permission from circuit and the O.K. from connexion to put a new roof on the building so now all we need is to raise the money. We have asked for grants from a few charities whose selection criteria we meet, but they will not give answers until July/August, so we need your help. Click here to see some of the history of the project.

The first of our grant applications has been approved! Viridor (the landfill operators) have given the go-ahead for £10,000 from landfill tax rebates. We have also gained funding from Veolia (landfill) for the purchase of the roof tiles (£10,900) and from the George Weston Foundation (£3,000). All that is now waited for is the final permission from Viridor, then we hope that the contractor has not increased his quote from the one we had that expired in September!!!

There are a number of fund-raising efforts ongoing but if you have any connection with the church and would like to give towards the fund please contact the treasurer – all help will be gratefully received.

There will be a concert by the Staveley & District United Choir on Saturday 18 October.

Watch this space for more news as the project progresses

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