Jewson Competition
Just submitted our application to enter the Jewson Building Better Communities competition! First prize is £50k in building materials & cash. Will we be the ONE?
Just submitted our application to enter the Jewson Building Better Communities competition! First prize is £50k in building materials & cash. Will we be the ONE?
What a process! Getting planning permission was hard enough, but getting Faculty permission from the Diocese was tortuous! Nevertheless, we now have both – albeit with a number of conditions to fulfill on Lambeth’s side. These include providing a very thorough energy and heating strategy before any work is done above ground, and making sure…
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…
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:
Yesterday, Hendy and Richard laid out the plans for our building in mesh barrier fencing on site. This was done ahead of our site visit with the Diocesan Advisory Committee and others on Tuesday. We’re glad to say that it all fits on the ground exactly as our drawings say it should! Not a bad…
At the end of January we laid out barrier fencing to show on site where the Hub will go. We were thrilled that our drawings on paper actually fitted where we thought they would on the ground! Over the following weeks the storms blew everything down, which was amazing. I thought the holes in barrier…
When Farah, a member of our church community, knew that we were raising money for such a great project, she spoke to the person in charge of her work’s charitable giving scheme. As a result, she secured £500 from her employer, Land Securities, towards our community hub. Thank you Farah! Many firms have schemes to…