Hunslet Baptist Church

"For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11

The Way Forward Project is we believe a vision that God has given us for the future of Hunslet Baptist Church to bring new life not only into the church but the surrounding locality.

The project is a great step of faith to redevelop this Grade II Listed Building ensuring it has all the modern facilities required by present legislation whilst retaining its historic and architectural heritage and integrity as a Place of Worship.See Plans

We hope to create a childcare facility for 35-40 children bringing much needed facilities into the area for both the community and the business sector. This is to be managed by an OFSTED registered service provider Helen Lindenmeyer former Proprietor of Future Einsteins Day Care Nursery, Wakefield, who in 2005/6 were awarded the accolade of "outstanding provision" in their OFSTED inspection.

We are to create an affordable venue for business conferences with full disabled access and parking, providing all the facilities todays businesses would expect. This space will also be available for use by local community groups. Smaller suites will also be available.

Following completion of Phase I, funding is now being sought to finance Phase II of this project and we have so far received grants from The Church Urban Fund for the Nursery provision, Biffaward and Green Leeds*, the Allchurches Trust , Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust and Veolia Environmental Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation totalling £181,000.

2007 was the year of our 170th Anniversary and we held a fundraising concert to coincide with this celebration on the 10th March 2007, see Celebration Concert.

We require a further £130,000 to complete Phase II of the project. If you feel that you would like to support the project financially and help us raise this amount, please send a cheque payable to "Hunslet Baptist Church" addressed to:

The Treasurer

Hunslet Baptist Church

The Tabernacle

Low Road

Hunslet

Leeds LS10 1QR

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*Green Leeds Limited was established in September 1997 by Leeds City Council for the purpose of receiving and administering landfill tax credits in Leeds. It is a Distributive Environmental Body which offers grants for environmental projects to groups across Leeds. The funding comes primarily through the Biffaward scheme.

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