YOUTH CENTRE REBUILD PROJECT RECEIVES
Landfill Communities Fund FUNDING

All Saints Centre Building Project

All Saints Church in Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees has recently been awarded £13,600 by Enventure through the Tioxide Landfill Communities Fund.

The mammoth £515,000 project involves removing the outdated wooden 2-storey Youth Centre building and linking corridor, constructed in the 1960s, and replacing them with a brand new single storey brick structure that will blend in with the main church and provide additional rooms and storage space.

The new building will provide improved facilities for the current toddler and playgroup that frequently make use of the facility, including a new main hall, kitchen, toilets and 4 store rooms. Disabled access will also be accommodated through the provision of access ramps and widened doorways.

The new centre will also provide a further 2 meeting rooms for church and parish council meetings and it is anticipated that the additional rooms will attract a wider range of community groups to make use of the new facilities. The new main hall will also be available to hire for private functions such as wedding receptions.

Planning was approved back in March and construction commenced earlier this month. Completion is scheduled for December this year.

Suzanne Hudson, Community Grants Manager from Enventure said:
'The new building will expand the existing amenity by providing a meeting place and community centre to accommodate and facilitate a wider range of community activities. The project will benefit the entire community and will encourage people to become more socially active, as well as helping to bridge the gap between church groups and other community members'.

David Bunford, member of the church's finance team, said:
" The vicar of the All Saints Church Rev Alan Farish, offers his thanks to Enventure and Tioxide for their wonderful generosity in helping to fund this new church centre project, which will provide a modern amenity focused on worship and fellowship, building strong community links across all age groups for many years to come".

Note to Editors:

Enventure has supported over 500 projects and distributed more than £15 million in Landfill Tax Credits.

The Landfill Communities Fund was introduced with the landfill tax in October 1996 and enables landfill site operators to donate up to 6.5% of their landfill tax liability to environmental projects in return for a 90% tax credit. These projects should conform to one of six objects set for the LCF.

The LCF was designed to help mitigate the effects of landfill upon local communities. It encourages partnerships between landfill operators, their local communities and the voluntary public sectors.

Environmental Bodies (EBs ) are organisations that have registered with ENTRUST in order to receive landfill tax money from landfill operators (Los) or other EBS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT SUZANNE HUDSON, EVOLVE EB COMMUNITY GRANTS MANAGER, ON 01943 850089.