Reduce our church energy usage for heating by 50% and make our building warmer, environmentally & financially sustainable

• By replacing our heating system with a reliable, more efficient, hydrogen-ready system, with smart controls
• By installing destratification fans to reduce heat loss through the roof and recirculate warm air.
• By draught proofing doors and installing an air curtain.

Improve our accessibility, welcome and enhance our heritage

• By replacing internal tower wooden doors with glass to let light into the church and provide a more accessible and welcoming entry, breaking down barriers for those not used to entering a church.
• By installing a pathway and replacing the Stoughton Chapel door for step free disabled access and bringing further light into the space.
• By preserving our stained-glass windows with secondary glazing.

Improve the safety, security and user experience of our building

• By installing a fire detection & alarm system and rectification works to fire doors.
• By installing outside lighting to cover access areas not currently lit.
• Addition of a new fire escape and loading in / out from the Stoughton Chapel, more secure door and direct entry to this area for meetings, prayer and worship.
• By replacing doors between the church and centre with fire doors, which are better insulated for retaining heat and minimizing noise.
• By installing acoustic noise reduction panels in our hall to assist with troublesome acoustics.

Provide better workspaces for staff to enable collaborative working

• By adapting our vestry into extra office space for our growing staff team with new lighting, desking, redecoration and making this space energy efficient, secure and enabling external access.
• By adapting the bell ringing chamber into a dual use space, fit for small meetings for the staff & congregation. With improved lighting, secondary glazing, energy efficient and safe heating, redecoration and necessary metal replacement & electrical works.

Provide better workspaces for staff to enable collaborative working and our community outreach mission

• By doubling the size of the current staff office to allow the team to work from a central base in the church centre
• By creating a base for Stoke Community Support for storage, equipment and a preparation area to continue providing meals to the community.

Improve our accessibility, welcome and enhance our heritage

• By installing an additional path from the rear of the church through the graveyard to the tower entrance.
• By installing architectural lighting to make our building and signage more visible in the community and enhance the architecture and heritage.

Improve the safety, security and user experience of our building

• By installing low-level path lighting around the premises for higher quality visibility and aesthetic illumination.
• By installing removable gates on the entry points from Stoke Road for the safety of children and young people when undertaking activities outdoors.
• By upgrading internet lines to fibre increase network capacity for staff, congregation and visitors and enhance streaming capability

Make our buildings more environmentally and financially sustainable

• Upgrading our mains power supply to:
• Enable the installation of renewable forms of heating in later phases
•  Enable installation of a solar panel array for sustainable generation of electricity

Enhance the space for worship

• By creating separate spaces  for worship and prayer in the Stoughton Chapel (permanent) & cross area (semi-permanent with movable partition)
• By removing the pulpit and moving the font in front of the Stoughton chapel to maximize space and flexibility.
• By replacing the audio-visual system, upgrading the quality and capability to stream. Replacing the projector with new screens, revealing the altar window.
• By installing a new sound system for improved audibility and supporting network infrastructure.
• By replacing our organ with a modern electric equivalent, saving space, increasing flexibility and increasing the sound quality.
• By repurposing the bell ringing room as a recording room for our worship team without impeding bell ringers.

Enhance the heritage of the building

• By installing feature lighting to highlight the altar, architecture and arches.
• By removing the organ pipes and wooden paneling and glazing in the Stoughton Chapel to bring light into this area and make it an independent space.
• By redecorating the building, including re-painting and re-flooring.
• By upgrading the acoustics in the building and appropriate treatment and selection of flooring and glazing to complement the new sound system.

Make our buildings more environmentally and financially sustainable

• By installing solar panels on the church roof with a storage array to generate energy and store it for when we need it.
• By installing a renewable heating system with separate heating zones throughout the church, with smart controls.
• By installing secondary glazing to all windows to minimise heat loss and increase security.
• By installing energy efficient LED lighting, dimmable in zones, with controls throughout the church.

Improve the safety and security of the building

• By re-wiring aging electrics and providing further capacity where required.
• By installing secondary glazing to all windows.
• By moving the audio-visual control desk and associated equipment into the bell ringing chamber for security and increase seating space.

Improve the accessibility of the space

• By raising the chancel floor to the height of the Stoughton Chapel and installing an accessibility lift to this level behind the pulpit pillar.
• By creating a semi-circular chancel to increase visibility and sight lines.
• By creating a semi-circular chair layout, which increases the seating capacity. by 10% and removes restricted view seating. Replacing chairs with comfortable, lightweight modern seats that can be linked and stacked easily.

Enable our community outreach mission

• By providing a second floor incorporating two large meeting rooms, kitchenette and accessible toilets to serve them.
• By enlarging the kitchen, providing external access, doors and serving hatches to all areas and incorporating Stoke Community Support needs

Improve the user experience of our building

• By enhancing the natural light into the building through skylights and bi- fold doors at the front, encouraging use of the outside.
• By doubling the toilet provision throughout the centre to cover the three areas; hall, centre and upstairs.
• By providing further storage space in the roof above the hall.
• Re-purposing the SCS base room into office storage.

Improve the welcome and accessibility of our building

• By the addition of a covered walkway around the centre, to offer shelter from the elements.
• By providing disabled access to all areas of the building and additional accessible toilets.
• Reducing the bulk of the centre with a flat roof and reduced porch, increasing visibility of the historic building.

Make our buildings more environmentally and financially sustainable

• By installing a renewable and efficient source of heating
• By replacing glazing and doors with more secure and energy efficient units