Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust supports Trinity Centre Building Works
A new boiler and underfloor heating will help improve our upstairs hall space
Trinity Community Arts are currently part-way through a year-long scheme of works to carry out improvements to the Trinity Centre, Lawrence Hill in Old Market Quarter, Bristol.
We are half-way through a roof-repair works project, funded by English Heritage, Pilgrim Trust and Biffa Award. These essential repairs, due for completion at the end of June will help to protect the fabric of the building long-term.
Trinity has recently been awarded a £30,000 grant from the Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust (ICET) to fund improvements to our heating system, including to run an underfloor-heating system in our large upstairs hall-space. Cory Environmental is one of the UK's leading recycling, waste management and energy recovery companies and its trust, which is also funded by Ibstock Brick Limited through the Landfill Communities Fund, supports community projects across the country. The ICET grant will help to improve the community building, where a wide range of community activities already take place, in order to allow for more activities to happen.
Emma Harvey, Centre Manager for Trinity said; “Anyone who has used the Centre before will know how heating this old converted church is one massive challenge. The support from Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust will help to ensure that the community can make maximum use of the newly developed space in the coming year.”
Angela Haymonds, Secretary of ICET said: “ICET trustees were delighted to support this project. Trinity Community Arts hosts a broad range of arts-based and other community group activities and this project will serve to keep the building warm whilst keeping bills low.”
Angela continued: “This community project is just one of the many ICET has funded through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). The scheme offers funding to projects that benefit communities living within 10 miles of a landfill site. Groups interested in submitting projects should visit our website to find out more”.
The work funded by ICET forms part of a much larger scheme, due to start after the roof-repair works conclude, funded by the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Buildings Fund. The wider scheme involves improvements to external grounds, the creation of a new daytime reception and installation of a sprung wooden floor, lighting and drapes in the upstairs hall space to make it suitable for activities such as dance, fitness and performance. The Big Lottery grant will also be used to install a full-height partition upstairs, so that a second smaller hall space will be created, suitable for IT classes, community meetings and smaller functions.
Works are due for completion by the end of 2013 and will be delivered in phases in order to ensure the Centre remains open throughout. Details of the planned works can be downloaded by clicking here. For more information visit www.3ca.org.uk/projects/trinity-centre-development contact 0117 935 1200 or email info@3ca.org.uk.
This period of change and growth cannot happen without your support. We've set up a JustGiving page so that people in the community who care about Trinity can organise their own fundraising activities for the Centre. If you would just like to show your support, you can donate via the Trinity Text Appeal 2013 - text TRIN13 £5 to 70070 to donate to Trinity and make a difference with JustTextGiving by Vodafone.
