Phew, we made the November deadline!

A formal bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding support to repair the ailing North Aisle roof, recreate the space underneath and add a new tea station and possibly a toilet, was submitted to NLHF on 18th November 2024. It is hoped to receive a response to the application in March 2025. John Bostock (Church Historian) is leading the team, who have worked so hard to compile this quite complex application. If successful, we will be able to proceed into the Development Stage, that in turn will begin a process of detailed structural planning for all the necessary work, including tendering. This is again a somewhat lengthy process as with all heritage work and will continue through to the Delivery Stage, when the actual work will be finally accomplished.  The National Lottery Heritage Fund also expect the submission to contain plans for new community activities in the flexible space created as part of the Project, hopefully leading to greater use and sustainability of the church building going forward. Grateful thanks to all those involved, not least Sarah Odell our adviser from the Diocesan Office in Chelmsford.