Parish Centre Fundraising
The Parish Centre is an amazing resource and welcomes around 1000 people per week. Please help us to improve our welcome and hospitality, reduce our runnings costs and carbon footprint and ensure future viability. Your donations alongside grant applications would transform the Parish Centre and make a huge difference.
How to Give
Give online by clicking below
Other ways of giving include:
Bank Transfer or Standing order (please add reference ‘Parish Centre’)
Account Name: St Mary & St Cuthbert PCC
Sort Code: 20 27 41
Account No: 500 500 83
Contactless payments in church or Parish Centre
Parish Centre Office
Parish Centre Fundraising Envelopes
Completed So Far
We have replaced the windows which were inefficient and broken, and made the Parish Centre warmer for the winter. We have also replaced the old window blinds, the gas cooker with an electric cooker and the roof has had insulation installed. These will all go towards reducing our gas consumption and help to bring our heating bills down.
This was achieved through donations from the congregation and local community and grants from the Diocese and the following charitable trusts:
Durham Diocese £3363
Benefact Trust £2300
Sir John Priestman Trust £5000
Catherine Cookson Trust £1000
Church of England Decarbonisation Grant £3000
Beatrice Laing £2500
In progress
To be even more eco-friendly and efficient we will also:
Add motion sensors.
Replace old lights with LED
Zone off heating so that rooms not in use aren’t heated
Insulate the walls
Replace the worn out carpets to prevent any trip hazards.
Final stage
Refresh the paintwork and improve the look and feel of the Parish Centre
Reuse the energy from our solar panels by adding batteries
