Church’s modernisation project is nearing completion

Despite the setback brought about by the pandemic, when at times it had to close its doors to keep people safe, St Peter’s Church has made great strides in preparing for the future.

Work is now nearing completion on a major project to upgrade and modernise facilities in church.

“We now have a new servery, which we look forward to using to serve refreshments at services, groups, meetings and events in the near future,” said Laura Ashley, parish communications officer.

“We also have an additional upper room which will be used for the young people in our community and for meetings and small groups. It’s also exciting to announce that we now have three toilets (one with disabled access), hopefully putting an end to those long queues at big services and events.”

St. Peter’s Church is a warm, welcoming and lively faith community which aims to be accessible and supportive to all. It is hope that these facilities will enable it to continue to expand its role in the local community and provide a welcome for those moving into the area as the development of Greater Haddon takes place. We give thanks to all those in our community who have helped us raise funds, through donations, applying for grants, the organising of fundraising events and to all those who attended fundraising events,” Laura added. “The Partridge Legacy fund also contributed towards the project, for which we are very grateful. We give particular thanks to the organisations who have supported us with grants, discounts or loans. Without the generosity of the following organisations this project would not have been possible: Allchurches Trust; Amey Community Fund; The Augean Community Fund ; Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust; Fenland Stoneworks; Garfield Weston Foundation; Hobart UK; RB Organics.

“All of this support has enabled the work to be carried out in a way that complements our beautiful Grade I listed church by John Lucas (Peterborough) Ltd and their subcontractors. On behalf of the church, and the local community, we thank everyone involved.”

Once formally completed, there will be a service to dedicate the new facilities.

The new servery and upper room