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We held a really useful and friendly public meeting in early November, attended by over 40 members of the community. We were able to explain in detail what we do and how we operate, and to answer people’s questions.
At the meeting we outlined our plans for the future, and if you weren’t able to attend you might like to know what we are hoping to do:
- The black folding chairs that are used for large gatherings are well past their use-by date and need to be replaced. This will be an expensive purchase, and will need a lot of research to make sure that the ones we choose are practical, sturdy and comfortable.
- We would like to extend the very cramped café kitchen part-way into the storage gallery, to give the volunteers more working space. This is a very long-term project, requiring permission from the church authorities and advice from the Environmental Health team before we can even start formulating plans. It’s impossible to put a time-scale to this, but we’ll update you as things progress.
At the meeting we outlined our plans for the future, and if you weren’t able to attend you might like to know what we are hoping to do:
- The black folding chairs that are used for large gatherings are well past their use-by date and need to be replaced. This will be an expensive purchase, and will need a lot of research to make sure that the ones we choose are practical, sturdy and comfortable.
- We would like to extend the very cramped café kitchen part-way into the storage gallery, to give the volunteers more working space. This is a very long-term project, requiring permission from the church authorities and advice from the Environmental Health team before we can even start formulating plans. It’s impossible to put a time-scale to this, but we’ll update you as things progress.
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We also mentioned that we were intending to use grants from the shop to buy new cafe chairs. We've now done this, and here's the result - we hope you like them.
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The new cafe chairs
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If there are things you would like to see us doing in St Leonard’s, or if you have any comments or questions, do get in touch with one of us by visiting our 'Contacts' page.
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Who are we? |
Our Management Team |
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St Leonard's Management is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered charity number 1196963. There are currently four trustees: Trevor Edwards, Barbara Nurse, Andrew Praill and Sue Russell. For their contact details, please see our 'Contacts' page. The Trustees have overall responsibility for St Leonard's Management, but all day-to-day decisions about the the church building are made by the Management Team: see right.
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All day-to-day decisions about St Leonard's are made by the Management Team. We meet several times a year, and the minutes of our meetings can be found here. Current members are:
Sue Beagley (Administrative Support) Audrey Bott (Treasurer) David Cheshire Trevor Edwards (Trustee) Dave Edwards (Maintenance support) Gordon Ewing (PCC representative) Shanthi Menon (Finance Support) Anna Morley (Café representative) Barbara Nurse (Trustee) Andrew Praill (Trustee) Sue Russell (Trustee) Lindsay Slade (Shop Representative) |
What do we do?
In 2010 the PCC handed over responsibility for the day-to-day running and the maintenance of the building to St Leonard's Management. Since then St Leonard's Management has been responsible for the upkeep of the church. In 2021 a new team of three volunteers agreed to become trustees, and St Leonard's Management became a registered charity.
We are responsible for:
- the day-to-day maintenance and repairs;
- staff costs;
- cleaning; *
- all the utility bills; *
- insurance;
- major works such as the new heating system.
* The community shop contributes a proportion of the utility and cleaning costs.
We are responsible for:
- the day-to-day maintenance and repairs;
- staff costs;
- cleaning; *
- all the utility bills; *
- insurance;
- major works such as the new heating system.
* The community shop contributes a proportion of the utility and cleaning costs.
Will you join us?
We're still looking for more people to join our Management Team, particularly people who are interested in fund-raising, communications or governance. If you would enjoy helping to raise money to keep the building going, or if you are interested in keeping the community informed about our work, or if you’ve got experience of writing policies, we need you! Please get in touch - see our 'Contacts' page.
A bird's-eye view of St Leonard's
Registered charity number 1196963. Click here for our Constitution.
