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St Saviour’s is a church firmly rooted in community life. For generations it has met and served the needs of the parish of Larkhall. But it’s important for us to grow and adapt to meet the changing needs of the parish and to make the building accessible and usable to as wide a range of people as possible. Current groups meeting in our church include Guides, singing groups, keep fit, day club, toddlers and a Fairtrade coffee morning – and that’s not to mention our own youth groups. We want to add to those using our current facilities by developing a new, multi-room community facility inside the walls of the current church. The main ground floor Fellowship Centre at the back of the church will be refurbished with a new kitchen, a coffee shop-style servery and much-needed storage space. Then there will be four additional rooms on top including a new room for the youth and three additional flexible community rooms on the first and second levels, all accessible via a lift.
Crucially, the character of the building will be retained – the rear gallery pews will be brought forward, while the tiled mural on the church’s back wall will be visible through the glass fronted rooms.
We need to raise £525,000 for the whole project and £340,000 to get underway with the first phase (the first floor structure and ground floor refurbishment). The cost will be met by a combination of applications to charitable trusts, fundraising and our own church members. We’ve already raised over £55,000 and have been promised more.
You can download a full brochure on the project from http://bit.ly/communityhubbrochure and check out our blog with full details on the project on how you can get involved at bit.ly/communityhub.