Trinity United Reformed Church, High Wycombe

Project development committee March 2006 update

I am delighted to advise all members, adherents and friends that March Church Meeting approved the Phase I re-development of our buildings, at a projected cost of £150,000, as follows:

• Disabled access to the front of the Sanctuary
• Disabled access from the Sanctuary to the Lower School Room
• New heating system
• New, considerably enlarged dais
• Re-decoration of the Sanctuary
• New glass doors at the front of the Sanctuary and new entrance doors to the Sanctuary
• New disabled toilet, adjacent to the Lower School Room
• New toilets, adjacent to the Lower School Room

Additionally, church meeting approved:

• The appointment of a Quantity Surveyor to fully cost Phase I
• The appointment of a Consultant Heating Engineer to assess the optimum replacement heating system for the buildings
• Application for a Synod Loan of f 50,000, repayable over a ten year period, at a fixed interest rate of 4%
• The introduction of a special envelope scheme to fund the loan from Synod, commencing May 2006.
• The preparation of an application to the Listed Buildings Advisory Committee
• Disposal of BB Funds, in large part to the Project Development Fund

Stop press: We have received the good news that Synod has approved the loan, so our funds at the time of going to press stand at £127,890.60.