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News, information, questions and answers
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Faculty submitted for tea and coffee area (Feb 2013)
The PCC have approved the plans for the new tea and coffee area and
these have been submitted to the DAC for review and approval.
This process is expected to take around 2 months to complete.
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Update for the congregation (Jan 2013)
The BDG team will present an update to the congregation on three
dates in January. Everyone is encouraged to attend one of the
sessions to see the progress made and the next steps towards this
phase of the project. The sessions will be held after the
following services:
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8.00am on Sunday 13th Jan (at about 8.45am)
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10.30am on Sunday 13th Jan (at about 11.30am)
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10.00am on Wednesday 16th Jan (at about 10.40am)
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10.30am on Sunday 20th Jan (at about 11.45am)
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Quotes received for the toilets
(Dec 2012)
The team have now three quotes for construction of the toilets and
have selected two contractors to work with in the future. The
information has been presented to the PCC and will be presented to
the congregation in January.
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Work completed on the drainage + water supply
(Nov 2012)
Our contractor, B&M Clark, have completed work on the drainage
and water supply for the church.
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Work continues on the drainage + water supply
(Oct 2012)
Our contractor, B&M Clark, are working on the drainage and water supply
for the church. During the works there will be some disruption to the Church Hall
car park, especially during the day, with access restrictions to car
park, the Hall and the Scout and Guide HQ.
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Contract for the drainage work placed
(Sep 2012)
The PCC has approved starting work on the drainage and water supply
for the church and have instructed B&M Clark to undertake the work.
During the works there will be some disruption to the Church Hall
car park, especially during the day, with access restrictions to car
park, the Hall and the Scout and Guide HQ.
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Invitation to Tender issued (Aug
2012)
Invitations to tender for the drainage and water supply works have
been issued to 4 contractors and we expect to receive replies in
September with an objective of getting the work carried out in
October 2012.
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Toilet design - Planning permission and Faculty
(Apr 2012)
Planning permission for the toilets has now been granted by
Portsmouth City Council and the faculty
application has been approved by the diocesan chancellor.
During October you will receive a letter from the team discussing
funding and what you can do to help raise the money to complete the
project in two years.
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Presentation to the APCM (Apr 2012)
The BDG team presented a report on progress to the Annual meeting on
26th April. A copy of that presentation can be found >here.
If you have any questions or comments please contact one of the team
listed to the right of this page.
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Toilet design - PCC Approval (Nov
2011)
At the November 8th PCC meeting the BDG presented the proposed
design for the toilets which the PCC unanimously approved. The
proposal document and presentation can be found in the communication
section of this web page. Communication sessions were run in
November to give members of the congregation an opportunity to see
the presentation and to comment on the proposal.
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Questions and Answers...
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1. Why are we building two toilets when we only can afford one and only need one?
When, in the future, the layout for the church is flexible and we are able to use it for performances the PCC do not think that one toilet will be sufficient to cover the requirements during an interval.
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2. Why can't we build a toilet with the money we have got; we must have enough money to build a toilet?
Our professional advisors have indicated that we do not currently have enough money to build an external toilet and
provide the sewage, water and drainage required. According to their advice we have enough money to provide the sewage, water and drainage facilities but will need more fundraising for the building itself.
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3. Why connect into the Church Hall drainage when we have had problems with blockages in the Church Hall drains?
We anticipate that load on the sewage and drainage system for the church and hall will most likely not occur at the same time. Previous blockages were due to lack of maintenance over a long period of time. The church hall
drainage will be checked for capacity before we connect into it.
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4. Can we make sure that the furniture in the Chancel does not get destroyed and
broken up when we dispose of it?
Any items of furniture removed from the Church will be offered for sale and we
hope that these will be put to good use by any purchaser,
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5. The toilet is an important need which needs to be solved as soon as possible.
The installation of a new toilet is being progressed as quickly as possible but
will still take some time. This is because Local Authority planning and Diocesan
approval has to be sought. Certain conditions also apply to a Grade 2 listed
building. For the planning approvals a number of detailed plans and papers have
to be prepared by professionals. Progress will also be dependant on any
necessary funds being in place before each stage of the work begins.
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6. For me a toilet is not a priority.
A number of the congregation have said that provision of a toilet is their priority. The PCC are also improving the
flexibility of the building and updating tea, coffee and flower preparation facilities at the same time. The internal appearance of the porch entrance will also be improved.
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7. "Please get on with it as soon as possible"
See answer to Q5
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8. How can I make a donation?
For full information please see the stewardship pages
here. For a
small, one off donation you can always use our new text donation
facility.
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text CCWC11 followed by the amount in pounds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10) to 70070
>more
The service is provided by the Vodaphone foundation and 100% of your
donation comes to the church. The only additional charge is the cost
of a
standard text message. If you have a text bundle its
included in that (even if you are not with Vodaphone). For
more information such as how to add gift aid to the donation see
>here
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Faculty Update - September 2011
The Church of England undertake some of the planning
responsibilities when it affects the Church. The process we
use is very similar to the council planning process. The PCC
submit a "request for a faculty". This goes to the diocesan
advisory council for the care of churches (DAC) for review - this
group are like the planning department. If agreed the DAC give
a recommendation given to the Registrar. After that the papers
need to be displayed for 28 days to seek feedback and once that is
done the Registrar will either issue a faculty or return the request
back to the DAC.
Our first faculty submission was successful and work has already
started to implement the approved changes - these changes covered:
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Installation of the screen, projector and camera
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Change of colour for the porch ceiling
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Installation of a warm air curtain in the porch
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Removal of 20 pews from the north aisle to make space for
the prayer ministry area, tea and coffee and flower
preparation areas.
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Since then the PCC have submitted a further faculty improve the
electrical system. A further faculty will be started for the
toilets in the coming couple of months. The process for the
toilets will be more complex because it will involve work outside of the
existing footprint of the building. This means we will need to
also work with the City of Portsmouth planning authority.
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Screen, projector and camera installed
After just over a year of work the new screen projector and camera
system was installed on 28th July and used at the baptism service on
31st July. The feedback from members of the congregation was
very positive. The new software will give us a few "challenges"
over the coming weeks as the team gets used to it so please bear
with us.
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