English Heritage makes a large grant to Project St Michael
English Heritage have announced that they (and the Trustees of the National Heritage Fund) have offered a grant of £24,000 towards necessary investigations concerned with the main repairs to St Michael's, plus an "in principle" offer of £171,000 towards the costs of the main repairs. They have also offered access to other heritage funds which would bring in a further £50,000 towards the cost of repairs. This gives impetus to our plans, to make the building sound and for the project as a whole.
......Restoration, Re-ordering, Renewal
Our Purpose
- To repair and renovate a Grade II* listed church in active use - Restoration
- To transform it with care for wider use by the community - Re-ordering
- To invigorate the life of Church and Community - Renewal
Our History
- A questionnaire survey of local residents to gather their views
- Extensive planning with church architects
- Consultation with concerned bodies eg Victorian Society, English Heritage
- Application to the Oxford Diocesan Advisory Commitee for a faculty to begin work
- Public display of the plans
- Faculty obtained after 5 years of planning and consultation
The Cost
| Fundraising- how are we doing?
So far we have raised over £30,000
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Total Cost - £532,185
Essential Repair - £181,410 << click price to view details
Reordering - £350,775 << click price to view details
The Future
- Applications for grants and donations from variety of sources
- Fundraising events
- Major launch of appeal
- Work to be completed in phases as already agreed with architects
- Growth in use of church as work pregresses
- Major celebration of successful conculsion of Project St Michael
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