Open every day
of the year

Daily prayer service
at noon

St Margaret's Chapel

and the Magdalene Almshouses

The Future

Phase 1 - Mainly repair and conservation

Comprises:

Chapel - Replastering, rewiring, redecoration and external repointing. New heaters, gutters and downpipes

Almshouses - Limewash internally, electrical wiring, minor repairs, new guttering.

Garden - Replace shabby wooden fence that separates the complex from neighbouring garden with new stone wall.

The cost of this phase will be about £40,000. We are ready to go and need another £10,000!

Phase 2 - This will be to develop the site, adding a toilet and small kitchenette behind the door at the end of the path. Sufficient land has been kindly donated for this purpose and it will bring these amenities to the complex for the first time!

The total cost should be under £100,000 not a large sum for historic building restoration. The plans represent a realistic and worthwhile project.

ADD YOUR SUPPORT!

We need PEOPLE - folk of maturity and flexibility, without a strong personal agenda, who are regulary available to work as part of a team. To simply be present in the complex, to welcome visitors, and to be available to talk and pray as needed

There is no value in a beautifully restored gruop of buidings that is always locked! Our eventual aim is to open every day for a few hours.

We need MONEY - presently, the £10,000 needed to complete Phase 1. Please consider a donation.

We have some ideas for fund raising and are approaching grant making sources, but it's not a good time to ask and we need contributions from individuals, like yourself?! Please Help!

If you would like to make a donation, please give at

www.justgiving.com/maryandmargaret

or by cheque to the registered office:

148 High street, Street BA16 0NH

The Mary and Margaret Charity (1128332)

Tel: 07967 046672

St Margaret's Chapel and Almshouses