The new Community Centre at Ascension with All Saints Chelmsford seeks to become a place for celebrating life in the community, for giving and receiving support (whoever you are, wherever you come from, whichever faith you have (or not)), for promoting sustainable living, for spreading the Good News of God's Love for all His world.

We already work with local groups like Cool to be Kind in supporting rough-sleepers and families threatened by homelessness and we are well on our way to becoming an Eco-Church. But we would like to do so much more, among other things:

* be a support hub for people who have been bereaved

* offer life-skill programmes for young and not so young people in our community

* promote the work of local artists and musicians

We will need nearly 1million pounds to build our dream Centre. We have already raised half of the funds and are now looking to race to the finish line so that we can finally get started.