St Paul's Roof Restoration Project

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For some years, efforts have been made to repair bad leaks in the Church Roof. Unfortunately the outcome continued to be water entering the building and causing damage to the plaster-work etc.

Last March, St Paul’s was awarded a Grant from English Heritage to partially cover the cost of the roof and timber restoration work in the following areas of the building: South Slopes of the Nave, Chancel, South Aisle, South Transept and Vestry, plus the Bell Tower. The work, subject to our meeting English Heritage funding requirements, is due to start August/September this year.

The grant was awarded in two Stages, requiring St Paul’s to raise approximately £5,000 by January 2009 and £50,000 by March 2009. In order to acquire these sums of money, applications have been made to a multitude of organisations which award grants, at their discretion, to projects of this nature. Alongside this, various Fund-Raising Events have been organised by St Paul’s, The Heritage Society and the local community. God has blessed us greatly and we are now left with approximately £4,700 to raise by March this year!

At this stage, we are restricted with regard to publicity by one of the major grant givers, but it is hoped that soon we will be in a position to publicize details of all of our benefactors both on this website and in the local press, in order to thank them.

In the meantime our thanks go out to everyone at St Pauls and in the Community of Chester Green for their wonderful efforts and generosity, and naturally to those organisations who have granted us funding.

£2,500 now has to be raised for protection for the Organ, which of course sits at the centre of the roofing project! The work consists of partial dismantling/re-assembly and protective covering for the remaining part of the instrument. Whilst the Organ is of great Historical interest, certain essential modifications made to it some years ago have rendered it ineligible for grants from the main organisations we were expecting to apply to.

Fund Raising

Saturday, 16th May 2009 - St Paul’s Spring Fair – 10.00am-3.00pm

Please make a note in your diary! This will include:

• Table Top Sale – Tables for hire £5.00 each. Please ring 349420 to book.
• Tombola – Adults and Children’s
• Toy Stall
• Cakes Stall - For details regarding bringing cakes please ring 361376
• Book Stall
• Refreshments
• Raffle

Your support would be greatly appreciated, as would any Fund Raising ideas you may have!

Please pray that our aims will be achieved, so that we can proceed to the next stage – that of fulfilling God’s mission for St Paul’s in the wider community, which of course was the reason for last year’s Feasibility Study.