We are now moving forward with an Expression of Interest submission the National Lottery Heritage Fund for support to repair the ailing  North Aisle roof, recreate the space underneath and add a new tea station. This has been accepted by NLHF, which will now enable us to make a formal bid in the autumn. John Bostock (Church Historian) is leading the team who are very busy gathering all the documentation required. If successful that in turn will begin a process of detailed structural planning for all the work involved, including tendering. This is inevitably a somewhat lengthy process as with all heritage work and will continue through the next two to three years.  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 sustainability of the church building going forward.