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To BAY LIFE: A notice which shows St. Nicolas Church, Pevensey approaching its £280,000 restoration project target with the receipt of several significant grants recently. Your support and that of your readers within the community is greatly appreciated.—George Stephens
Having recently received a grant of £74,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for restoration work, 2017 has got off to a good start at St. Nicolas, Pevensey with additional grants totalling £52,300 being received to date.
This leaves a further £23,000 to complete the fund raising target of £255,000.
The recent grants comprised £30,000 from the Sussex Historic Churches Trust, £10,000 from the National Churches Trust, £10,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation and £2,300 from the Allchurches Trust.
The Sussex Historic Churches Trust raises much of its income through ‘Ride & Stride’, an annual sponsored event in which St Nicolas takes part.
“Naturally, we are very grateful to the grant donors and pleased that a fund raising campaign which has been over four years in the planning is getting close to the target needed to complete a restoration programme which began in 2006.
“The whole project will have cost almost £500,000 by the time the restoration work is completed towards the end of this year. Interest and support for the project from the local community has also been a great help and encouragement,” said churchwarden Simon Sargent.
About St. Nicolas & St. Wilfrid’s PCC
St. Nicolas Church is the parish Church of Pevensey. It is the oldest building in the village still used for its original purpose from 1216 – 800 years ago. Increasingly it is also being used by the community who find its acoustics are of outstanding quality for music making, talks and festivals.
