Chapel Renovation Project

It has been a long time since the last post on the progress of our renovation project, and although a lot has been going on, not a lot of progress has been made. This resulted in us parting company with the builder and appointing another builder to finished the work! We had hoped to have been back in the chapel for services before now, but our new builder has had to correct some work of the previous builder, which has cost us several weeks delay and considerable expense. However, on a [Read more...]

A few years ago, the Congregation and General Chartiable Trust awarded us a grant of £15,000 toward the renovation costs of the chapel, for which we were very grateful. Unfortunately, the grant award had a time limit of two years and we were unable to claim it due to the delays in the start of the project. We reapplied earlier this year and have been awarded an increased grant of £20,000! We thank Congregation and General Charitable Trust for their generosity and promise to complete the [Read more...]

We are so pleased for the support from the Garfield Weston Foundation in awarding us a grant of £15,000 toward the cost of the chapel renovation project. The builders have been selected from the tender process and contracts about to be signed for the work to start in January 2023.

The Leadership met with Peter Preston (Architect) via Zoom last Friday to review the final specifications for Phase 2. These have been forwarded to the Quantity Surveyor for costing. A planning application has been submitted to Cherwell District Council for the reinstatement of porch doors and improved disabled access as the chapel is within the Conservation Area. This is the final consent needed in order to start the renovation. Once the final costs have been provided by the Quanitity [Read more...]