A Stitch in Time: Why maintenance and small repairs matter – A free one day practical workshops exploring how you can sustain your place of worship through small scale maintenance and repair activity – Suffolk and Manchester

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Monday 3 June 2019, 10.00 – 15.30

Location Suffolk : The Church of St Peter & St John, Rectory Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0ED

Location Manchester: Long Street Methodist Church, Lever Street, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5UE

Funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and administered by Historic England, this workshop forms part of a series of workshops that will be delivered by The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance Member] between 2018 and 2020 to support local groups to better manage their historic place of worship.

The workshops are part of the Taylor Review Pilot which aims to provide specialist support to worship communities in Greater Manchester and Suffolk.

This workshop will provide a step by step guide to determining which parts of your place of worship are the most important to maintain and conserve through small scale repair activity.

This workshop is open to those who represent places that meet the eligibility criteria below:

• An active place of worship that is open for public worship at least 6 times a year;
• Situated in Suffolk or Greater Manchester;
• Listed on the National Heritage List for England (any grade);
• Open (or willing to open) for some form of public access in addition to regular worship times (special considerations may apply for
buildings with security issues or where there are clear health and safety concerns).

Please note that bookings are limited to 2 delegates per place of worship. Spaces are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Places have to be reserved before the workshop.

To book please follow the links provided below and register on the correct workshop. If you cannot register online, please call Amelia on 07917 060 536. If you have a disability which requires special arrangements, please inform Amelia.

For more information and registration for the Suffolk workshop, please follow this link. 

For more information and registration for the Manchester workshop, please follow this link.