What will be provided?

What will it cost?

In September 2005 the least expensive contractor’s estimate for the work required was £292,116.

Further professional fees payable to the architects and the structural engineers are likely to be in the region of £15,000 plus expenses. A significant sum should be added for contingencies, say £20,000.

So, if work could be commissioned early in 2006, a figure approaching £330,000 would be needed.

These figures, plus the inevitability of prices rising before contracts can be placed, lead to the view that it would be wise to aim to have £350,000 available as soon as possible. A start cannot be made until it is known that funds will be available to meet the full costs.

Funding the Vision

A development project like this cannot be dealt with through the normal revenue budget, so special funding is needed.

How can this be achieved?

• £25,000 has already been contributed by parishioners
• £51,000 has been provided by a recent legacy
• That leaves a target of £274,000 still to be raised.

e have been advised to delay making applications to charitable trusts and other grant-making bodies until about 60% of the desired sum has been raised locally. With £76,000 already in the bank we need to raise at least another £134,000 before making these applications. Even then, we must not expect to get all of the remaining £140,000 from external agencies. They may contribute much less in total.