Sacred Trinity Building Project

Aim

We want to improve our building to better serve the growing community. Stage 1 is to raise £20K to get the designs, details and costing done

We have served this changing community since 1635 but our building is badly in need of improvements to enhance what we can offer and make it more environmentally suitable for a world of climate change. We have already done an intitial stakeholder consultation and have a good idea of the way forward to transform our beautiful historic building so we can better serve the community. We aim to have a fully functioning kitchen, better toilets, more meeting rooms, and a main space that can host community events, concerts, exhibitions and a variety of activities as well as church on a Sunday.

Our architects have given us some clear ways forward but we need to raise £20,000 to get the detailed plans and costings done so that we can apply for grant funding. We have so far raised over £2,000 towards this work but need help from you to get this done. Once acheived we will be in a position to apply for serious funding from such places as the lottery and other grant making bodies. 

A little more detail. 

The final work is likely to cost in excess of £1M so it will be a big project but we think we are in a good position to do this as we are one of the few historic buildings surviving in an area of huge growth. The population we serve has grown from a couple of hundred people 20 years ago to over 10,000 today and when the current properties being built in the area are finished our population will be close to 15,000. We have enthusiasm for our project from the City Council and a range of stakeholders. We have an historic trust that has an obligation to maintain the ministry of Sacred Trinity and we believe that they will make a substantial contribution to the final plan if we get it right. We are currently home to a Community Choir, a Talk English group, A Place of Welcome, A Samba group, A Community Photography Group, Manchester Migrant Solidarity Group, an Alcoholics Anonymous group, Bellringers and a growing faith community. We have recently started hosting a support group for Hong Kongers who have moved to the area and we are a venue for live music and exhibitions. 

You can find a little more information on our project on our website here.

This project successfully funded on 20th August 2023