Christ the King Re-development Funded by
		The PCC and congregation of CTK The Bishops Development Fund The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group

Things are happening

After a long time in discussion, we’re on the move!

In September 2005 the Big Lottery Fund awarded us £282,163 to make up the amount we need to redevelop our church premises for wider community use.

The total sum available for this redevelopment is augmented by the proceeds from the sale of our former Parish Rooms and the considerable sums we have raised through our own members’ fund-raising work, together with donations from many sources. Altogether, we expect to spend some £550,000.

To everyone involved we owe our grateful thanks. If things go as we now anticipate, building work will begin in February 2006 and will proceed in two phases, with all our activities packing into one half of the building while the other half is in use. Building is expected to finish in July.

The History

For many years [chiefly through the 90s, but before that too] the church here has attempted to grapple with the difficult question of a deteriorating building known as the “Parish Rooms”, two doors down from the church. The building, used by many organisations, mostly not directly linked to the church, had deteriorated over the years and needed radical renovation work. The problem raised questions about the advisability of spending a huge amount of money on renovation.

Ideas began to emerge through the late 90s for selling the parish rooms. Soon after 2000 we began seriously to look at that possibility. Initial schemes proved to be very expensive, demanding the raising of significant sums of new money.  

In addition to our community focus there were continuing maintenance problems which were severe enough to suggest the need for new heating and lighting systems as well as the need for a completely new roof.

We planned to address all these issues by putting the factors together in the Development Project. This will provide, on one site, a church building with sufficient flexibility for use by various local groups and present us all with a challenging opportunity for the further development of our links with the surrounding community