£15,000 grant from business allows refurbishment of Crowland Methodist Church

Business Mick George Ltd granted £15,000, that has permitted the completion of the installation works.

The funds have been predominantly utilised to replace the badly-soiled, 23-year- old carpets throughout the building, as well as the refurbishment to several, deteriorating windows, which has consequently secured the premises from weather damage.

Mick Goodman, Member of Crowland Methodist Church said: ‘’We are very grateful to Mick George Ltd for their generosity, which has enabled us to bring our Church into a place that is in good order and a place of welcome. The gift has enabled us to make our Church a place that the community are, and do use regularly.’’

The sites general dilapidation owes largely to the age of the building and the constant, frequent use by long-standing, local community organisations for functions and gatherings, in addition to its central worship purpose.

The revitalised environment is now a much more pleasurable place, especially for social group’s such as ‘mum’s and tot’s’ which spend the majority of their visits on the floor.

Given the locality of the Church within a Conservation area, all upgrades are in keeping with the landscapes immediate surroundings.

Dating back to 1915, Crowland Methodist Church is one of only a few of its kind to retain the majority of its distinctive characteristic design features. These include the original red and yellow brick, decorative stone doorway that has a segmental headway with a tympanum, as well as the gothic style window arches and plinths, topped with a finial.

Jon Stump, Finance Director at Mick George Ltd commented: ‘’We recognise funds aren’t readily available for projects such as this, especially when the facility is often volunteer, or charity led. That is the exact purpose that we created the Community Fund initiative, and why we spread it as far and wide as we possibly can, taking in a whole array of projects from different backgrounds.’’

Stump continued: ‘’We have worked in partnerships with a number of Churches and Parish Councils with positive results, and I’m sure it will be exactly the same on this occasion.’’