THE APPEAL

Meeting The Challenge

To date £646,000 of our £850,000 target figure has been raised since the launch of the appeal in October 2006. A marvellous achievement that demonstrates that we, in common with other Church and community centres in Wirral, can deliver projects for redevelopment of community facilities. This target has been achieved by:

• Individual one-off donations, often gift-aided.
• Regular giving, often gift-aided.
• Bequests to the Church or the appeal.
• Funds from trusts or grant- giving bodies.
• Events
• Sale of goods including bric a brac, cards, jams and chutneys and specially commissioned appeal mugs and recipe books.

Raising the funds is always a difficult task but one that has been achieved successfully by a number of other Churches in Wirral ( including in recent years: St Savour’s Church, Oxton, St Peter’s Church, Heswall, St Luke’s, Hoylake)

We are confident, based on their example and our belief in the project, that St. Bridget’s and the local community, backed up by grant giving agencies will be able to achieve this. The progress to date confirms this.

 

Supporting The New Centre Appeal

Each of us will support the project for various reasons:

• Some will recognise the value in providing better facilities for the community.
• Some will want to thank God for what has been provided in the past through St Bridget’s Church and the Church Centre and support this in the future.
• Some will see it as important to meet the needs of the mobility-impaired, the young, the excluded and the elderly in the community.
• Some will reflect on the role of the centre in serving generations of local people.
• Some will see it as a means to bring a future generation to a living faith with us at St Bridget’s Church.
• Some will see it as important to provide access into and within the centre for the mobility-impaired.
• Some will want to improve the space available for museum artefacts and accessibility of the museum to all.
• Some will remember the contribution the centre has made to the education of your children.
• Some will welcome the improved design and materials of the new centre within West Kirby Old Village Conservation Area.
• Some will want to see an environmentally friendly new community building in West Kirby.

 

Our Appeal  

We aim to provide for everyone and show that all gifts are appreciated.

• We recognise that we each have different resources and we welcome every gift no matter how small or large.
• Many may like to give gifts as a memorial to a loved one whilst others may prefer to remain anonymous. 
• Some may prefer to give on a regular basis over time as a standing order while others might make a one-off gift.
• We hope to use Gift Aid as much as possible.
• We welcome bequests so that you may leave part of your estate towards the rebuilding of local community facilities.
• Interest free loans are important in helping us cover initial design and works costs while regular giving comes in.
• Early gifts are essential in providing matching funds to enable us to seek grants from other sources.
• Even after completion we will be paying personal or other loans off and therefore fund-raising is a medium-term need.
• We welcome gifts from the community, parishioners and local businesses and organisations who reflect the wide-ranging role the centre performs.
• There may be other ways you can help like running fund-raising events, stalls, coffee mornings or raffles.
• You may be able to suggest performers, events or sponsor events.
• You may be able to introduce us to or suggest trusts or grant-giving bodies that will help us.

 

Giving

Should you wish to donate please send a cheque payable to "St Bridget's Appeal". The pledge form includes a gift-aid declaration and we urge you to fill this in assuming you can balance this with tax paid to the Inland Revenue. A pledge form is included on this website, can be obtained from the back of the Church or at one of our events) to:-

St Bridget’s Community Centre Appeal

The Parish Office

The Rectory

Rectory Road

West Kirby

Wirral

CH48 7HL

Your individual donation and form of giving will be kept confidential but we would, subject to your agreement, like to reflect your support in the Foundation Book on completion of the project. If you wish to discuss the project design, the form of giving or other ways of raising money please contact a member of the Committee. We will be pleased to listen and help in any way we can.

Gift Aid would give us 28% more on every contribution you make, at no additional cost to you.

 

Acknowledging Your Gifts

If you wish we will acknowledge all gifts in a Foundation Book on display in the centre, including those given in memory of others.

A Friend of St Bridget’s Centre would make any gift or loan of any size, hopefully gift-aided.

A Supporter of St Bridget’s Centre would make a gift between £5,000 and £25,000.

A Benefactor of St Bridget’s Centre would make a gift of over £25,000.