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New Top for Straw Communion Table
Now that our Straw Bale Communion Table is being given official permission by the Archdeacon of Lambeth, we need a more decent top for it, rather than the old bit of MDF we had knocking around the church basement! So here’s the new top, with varnish drying in what was earlier a sunny window! I…
Now Give By Text – Free!
You can now help build our neighbourhood hub commission-free when you give by text. This means we get 100% – yes 100% – of your gift, as well as 100% of the Gift Aid bonus, if you pay UK income tax. It couldn’t be easier. Simply text: thsb14 £20 to 70070. (Substitute your own donation,…
STRAW BALE COMMUNITY BUILDING IN TULSE HILL
It’s just beginning! Although we’ve been working and praying towards this for nearly 40 years one way or another, we now feel that we’re on the brink of a wonderful venture. Of course we’ve felt like this before, but now we seem to have something that’s both attainable and “right”. On October 21st 2013, the…
Checking the Ground Conditions
Last week GEA came and dug four boreholes to check what our ground is like. As expected, there were traces of building rubble in the first metre, but below that was solid clay. The company are now doing a closer sample analysis back in the lab, and will also return to check the water levels…
Our Open Day
Deputy Major of Lambeth visits our Open Day Visited Holy Trinity Church in Tulse Hill to learn more about their development plans and met brilliant @strawvic who leads a fantastic and inspirational community in #lambeth pic.twitter.com/QzOgY7yjlG — Ibrahim Dogus (@ibrahim_Dogus) June 14, 2018
Airtigntness and Why it Matters
The past year has been a period of slow but steady activity on our Straw Bales project with a very small number of volunteers. One of several aspects we’ve been working on is Airtightness, and we’ve just released 4 short films on the subject: