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?
Watch our inspiring new film made by our volunteer builder, Javier Rodriguez Sanchez. If you’d like to get involved, contact us
£348,000 so far! Our initial fundraising aim was £380,000 so that is an incredible achievement – 92% of the target raised! Many thanks to all our supporters. Unfortunately, costs have also risen. A while back, we revised our fundraising aim to £460,000, which puts us back down to 75% achievement, but in fact the target will…
Becoming a Bale-Builder for Holy Trinity’s Neighbourhood Hub couldn’t be simpler. The cost of a delivered bale of straw is about £4.00 and to cover the total cost of our building we need the equivalent of about 95,000 of them! To be a Bale-Builder, just decide how many bales you can contribute – it may…
Kuba has just sent me these two stunning visualisations of the new building. The first, viewed from the South-East, shows the solar panels along the south roof, and the wonderful entrance staircase. The second, viewed from the North-West, shows the link to the church, with the kitchen nearest. Meanwhile Sally…
It was always our plan to build with load-bearing straw walls. Our design team at Straw Works still believe it would be possible, but our Engineer at Renaissance has said “No.” Apparently, the 10m span across the hall would be too wide to support the upper floor and roof. Instead, Helen, our engineer has designed…