Projects at St Mary's

St. Mary's Church - Youth HQ Revival

St.Mary's Church would like to acknowledge and the help given to us by North Warwickshire Borough Council and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development which made this revival possible. A big thank you from us! The grant was awarded to refurbish the Youth HQ at St Mary’s Church to increase community usage. The works included replacement of windows, upgrade of toilet facilities, to include disabled access, and redecoration throughout. The project was part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with help from North Warwickshire Borough Council.

Projects at St Mary's

LEADER FUND GRANT AWARD

St. Mary's Church has received a generous grant award from the Leader Fund to help refurbish one of its community buildings. The building has been improved by replacing old windows and doors with UPVC double glazed units. A new accessible toilet and floor were also fitted.

The refurbishment also included repainting and general repairs. The community building, known as the Youth Headquarters at the rear of St. Mary's church is already used by groups as diverse as Slimming World, adult yoga classes as well as youth groups.

Projects at St Mary's

NATIONAL LOTTERY SUPPORT FOR CHURCH ROOF REPAIRS

St. Mary’s Church in Atherstone received a grant of £236,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players the Church has repaired it’s roof, replaced failed rainwater goods and made good some water damaged masonry.

The total cost of the urgent repairs was £320,000 because of the vast size of the roof. The Church family and townsfolk of Atherstone worked very hard to raise the remaining fund. The Revd Michael Brandsma said “this project united the community. St Mary’s Church building has been a landmark in Atherstone for over 800 years and has been a place of worship, fellowship and solace for many over the years. The support of Heritage Lottery Fund, the residents and civic authorities especially our town mayor at the time; Councillor Ray Jarvis has allowed St Mary’s to continue with this tradition.”

The roof repairs project was a first important step to revitalise St Mary’s as a major community focus with comfortable, attractive facilities, not just for the Christian community, but for the whole town. The vision is to give Atherstone a quality centre for the performing arts, concerts and exhibitions, hosting a wide variety of events and activities which would attract people from a wider area into Atherstone throughout the week, around the year.