The Latest News on
The Parish Centre Project

Building a Place where Church and Community Meet

Latest News - 9 November 2008

  • The project has formally started – the asbestos has gone and the internal wood is being removed for re-use. Work continues on the final pricing and drawings.
  • Demolition is still planned for December
  • Further grant applications have been placed with the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, Wessex Watermark and the Church and Community Fund.
  • We have been offered a share in a Christmas charity stall with the Guides in December. We need craft, sweets and cookies to sell please – offers of goodies to the office / Gail.
  • Thanks for supporting the bridge drive on Saturday 25th October. This was so successful that it is planned to have a bridge club running when the new hall is built.
  • Start collecting jumble – sale on January 24th. Offers of help to Lou Moogan
  • Beat the winter blues and promote the next two events to all your friends and neighbours – Dogs without Collars at the Sealy suite, Crown, on Saturday 17th January and the Cavalry Band in the church on Friday 30th January.
  • Send photos from auction promises from your bids to Judith for a fun photoboard!
  • Keep thinking about fund raising – any amount collected gets us closer to the total needed. So far, we have raised £3190 through these events. Thankyou!

    What Can you Do?

  • Help run, support and publicise the planned fundraising events.
  • Have some fun & organise your own fundraising event – organiser needed for a Brewery tour; YOUR group event.
  • Pray for wise decisions in the project and give thanks for grants and funds received.
  • Get involved yourself, involve friends and our community and make this Centre a reality. THANK YOU for all your support.


    The New Hall

    BFPC has permission for the demolition of the old Church Hall and the building of a new Parish Centre on the site. This web page aims to keep people up to date with what is happening and how the plans are progressing.

    Planners gave the project the go ahead in May 2007 and BFPC set up a Hall Steering Group to oversee the plans to demolish and build the Centre. This requires a lot of work including looking at other halls and centres, meeting with groups that will use the new Centre, identify possible sources of funding and work with the architect to ensure that the Centre meets the requirements and needs of the Community.

    		 Building a Place Where Church and Community Meet

    The Hall Steering Group ...

    Gail del-Pinto Roger Brown Judith Crompton Dave Griffiths Kevin Humphreys David Rake
    The members of the Steering group are Gail Del-Pinto (Chair), Roger Brown, Judith Crompton, Dave Griffiths, Kevin Humphries, David Rake, Heather Stringer. To get more information: email us at or leave a message at the Parish office, and one of the steering group will get back to you.[Tel: 01258 456260]

    Archive Material

  • Read the Press Release announcing the successful application here...
  • What the "Statement of Need" is for the Hall...
  • About the design brief which the architect was working to ...
  • Download the information sheet with the details of the Vision on by clicking here.
  • The reasons why we need to build a new hall rather than renovate the old one...
  • More about the state of the hall by going on a virtual tour of the existing hall...

    ....Go to the main archive page >>>>>