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2022
We refurbished the Parish Room to
accommodate exercise machines, for Teen Thrive!
2022
We protected all the stained-glass windows
with uPVC.
2022
We removed the pews and sanded and
sealed the floor.
2022
We re-lit the Church with energy
efficient LED lights.
2020
We completely refurbished the link between
the church and hall.
2020
We replaced most of the windows
with doubled-glazed uPVC. We also replaced most of the fire entrance doors.
2020
We created two new, bespoke food
rooms to enable Food
Thrive!
2018 We
created a new meeting/prayer room in the Hall.
2017 We
installed new toilets in the Church.
2017
We created a new, modern office
from which the Barnabas Centre is administered.
2017 We
replaced the Hall kitchen with a stainless-steel kitchen of catering standard.
2016 We installed a new heating system in the
Church.
2015 We
installed a new heating system in the hall.
2010 We joined the Church and Hall with a
purpose-built ‘link’.
1961 The Parish Hall burnt down. A new Hall
was completed three years later.
1932 St
Barnabas became a Parish Church. The first Parish Hall was built.
1911 The first Barnabas Church building was
completed
1870 St Barnabas Mission Church started,
providing classes for the poor, in Back Marsh Street (near today’s Lees
Road)
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2022 We aim to start Teen
Thrive! in the late autumn.
2022 The Barnabas Centre starts Warm Thrive to become a ‘warm Hub’.
2022 We appointed our third community worker,
MaryAnne Oduntan.
2022 We rebranded our community project and
amalgamated its component programmes to create Barnabas Thrive!
2021 We created Women
Thrive! to empower local women.
2020 We created a food co-operative within
the ’pantry’ model, with most of the food coming from Fareshare. It was the
forerunner of Food Thrive!
2018 We installed toilets in the Church,
enabling more projects to occur in that end of the Barnabas Centre.
2016 We started our Youth Breakfast.
2016 We appointed our second Community
Worker, Duane Kenneally.
2015 We started our Job Club.
2015 We started our Community Café
2014 We started our first food bank, from the
Vicarage.
2013 We appointed our first Community Worker,
Sam Ecclestone.
2012 We started our children’s holiday club, an
early forerunner of Holiday Thrive!
2011 We formally started the Community
Project.
2010 We started our youth club.
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