Ian Hazel Funerals in Royal Sutton Coldfield donated £10,000 to Holy Trinity Parish Church’s reordering project
Article Originally posted posted by Sutton Coldfield Observer | February 04, 2015
Mr Hazel said:
We have worked closely with Holy Trinity for many years and the improvements will not only be good for the church but they will make our job a lot easier, so we were only too happy to make a donation.
Back in 1985, we made a donation St Barnabas Church in Erdington in memory of my father, Walter, to fund a new altar rail when it was doing a project like this, so we thought it would be nice to make similar donation in Sutton.
The new altar rail is one of a number of specific elements of the work to be carried out which can be funded by way of a dedicated gift. Others include: a new entrance, work to the Vesey Chapel, tower and lobby, nave, chancel, organ, north-east porch, stone cleaning, pulpit and tester, Jacobean choir stalls, baptistery and font, hidden window, meeting spaces, choir vestry, refreshment area, future technologies, toilet and baby change suite, green energies, oak tower doors, flower room, crèche and under-floor heating.
Mike Somers, churchwarden and campaign co-ordinator, said:
We are extremely delighted to welcome the generous support from Ian Hazel Funerals, who are such a well-known and respected organisation in the Sutton Coldfield area.
This will aid our current reordering project tremendously and we can announce that Ian Hazel Funerals will feature on our list of benefactors to Holy Trinity Church.
Many thanks to Ian in helping us ensure its future as a holy and welcoming space for tomorrow and the generations to come.”
The reordering project, entitled ‘Making a Welcoming and Holy Space for Tomorrow’, aims to improve access, create a flexible space, reduce costs and modernise facilities.
A total of £400,000 was gifted by the parochial church council (PCC) towards the project, leaving a target of £1.2million to be generated by the fundraising campaign.
The church community has gifted £250,000 towards it while Holy Trinity is trying to secure £440,000 from trust and grant-making bodies.
Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust stepped forward with an incredible £160,000 donation last November while Sutton-based company Workspace Technology gifted £4,000 just last month.
Reverend John Routh, rector of Holy Trinity Parish Church, said:
I’m really extremely grateful to Ian and all at Ian Hazel Funerals for their support.
Holy Trinity is being re-ordered not just for the congregation, but for the benefit of all of Sutton Coldfield. It’s wonderful to have this contribution and support from the wider community.
Information events about the project are due to be held in church on Friday, February 13 from 2-3.30pm and on Tuesday, February 24 from 7-8.30pm.
Meanwhile, the church is looking for individuals or businesses to make donations to help achieve the list of work which needs to be done. Anyone who would like to help should contact campaign manager Zoe Hollingsworth on 0121 355 3697 or email campaign@htsc.org.uk
For more information about the project, visit www.htsc.org.uk/reordering/
