St. Nicholas Church is at the centre of community life in Berden and we need your help to restore our church tower.

We are a grade 1 listed building and every 4-5 years St Nicholas Church receives a Quinquennial inspection to identify repairs required to keep the Church building well maintained.

Our last quinquennial report identified a number of repairs in Category AA - which means that they require immediate attention. These include repairs to our Church tower such as

• Formation of new lead gutters, sumps, flashings, and chutes with new steps and falls to the Tower parapet gutter.

• Repairs to roof timbers and renewal of peg tile roof

• Masonry repairs to the parapets

• Repairs to existing timber louvres to Belfry openings.

• Reinstallation of apex Cross to Tower roof.

These repairs will cost at least £170,000.

We have received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to run a programme of heritage events and a contribution towards the tower repairs

We still need to raise up to £40,000 to complete the works

Your support will ensure that we can keep St Nicholas Church, Berden open as a key community facility and resource.

Please help us to preserve our heritage for future generations

THANK YOU

PS - don't forget to Gift Aid if you can!

Total cost is subject to change. All funds donated will be restricted to church building and maintenance costs.