Good Money Week – Investing in our Project

The Greater Tulse Hill Marathon is being run by our vicar, Richard, on 4th October, with nearly twenty others running alongside for parts of the way.  Richard says, “I’ve only been running a couple of years, but I’ve managed 20 miles twice now, so I think I’ll be able to stagger through to the end.”…

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

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…

Our first bid for funding has been successful. The Church of England’s Church and Community Fund has awarded us £15,000. We bid on the basis that the process of self-building will increase community cohesion and enhance the church’s mission. We need to spend the allocation within two years. Thank you CCF – we’re making a…

We’ve just heard that we’ve been shortlisted to receive £12,000 from the M&S Community Energy Fund – and it could be more if our project is chosen to be one of their flagships. We are still to receive details on the next stage of the project, but in brief, we will be invited to set…