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Business Plan for
St John's Church, Cove:
Access for All Project
Submitted by St. John’s Church Vision Group on behalf of the Cove
Parochial Church Council, December 2013
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1. Summary of Organisation
Cove Parochial Church Council (PCC) administers the three churches of the Parish of Cove, including St
John's, Cove (where the proposed project will take place). We are part of the Diocese of Guildford, in the
Church of England. We are a registered charity with a legal mandate and corporate responsibility to serve
our expanding parish community of around 25,000 people in pastoral and social care, as well as outreach
and hospitality. St John’s, built as the original Parish Church in 1844, is a historic local landmark, with a
large churchyard designated as a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) and a hall used midweek
as a pre-School by an independent trust. St John’s has its own legal sub-group of the PCC, the District
Church Council (known as the Church Vision Group, hereafter CVG) which is seeking to make St John’s
church building an accessible modern community facility with access for all, providing for our diverse and
changing local communities.
This is in line with our PCC constitution which has been uploaded with the online application. All Church of
England PCCs have charitable status in law, and are governed by statute, as recorded at
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/Eliz2/4-5/3/data.pdf.
As our audited accounts show, the Parish of Cove and in this case, St John’s in particular, sustains itself
through the generous giving of church and community members. Whilst we do share one set of finances
and accounts, funding relating to each church is clearly accounted for, reserves are kept and funds are
restricted for certain uses. Moreover, we do not receive ‘handouts’ from the central Church of England; in
fact, we contribute directly towards our local Guildford Diocesan ‘Parish Share’ which ensures that the
incumbent vicar of St John’s and the other two churches receives a stipend from the Diocese, as well as the
Diocese providing certain services to us as a parish, including supporting clergy housing and advice on
church building and legal matters through the Guildford Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) and Registry.
All local spending relating to our activities and property is raised locally. We have worked hard over many
years to raise funds towards making St John’s church building accessible to all and fit-for-purpose, and now
we
are
attempting
to
bring
this
work
to
fruition.
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2. Background to the organisation and the project
St John’s CVG has a proven track record of handling building works and of promoting effective community
engagement. This application is to support the second phase of a long-standing project. Phase 1,
completed in September 2009 under the leadership of the CVG, reordered the ill-equipped interior of the
church building. This included fitting a new carpet, installing new under-floor heating, rewiring the
electrics, adding a new audiovisual system, undertaking redecoration and removing some pews to create a
carpeted community space with 50 moveable chairs. This has revolutionised the potential use of the
building and turned a cold Victorian building into a warm and welcoming space, without any loss of
heritage. These works, funded through the sale of a parish house, came in on budget. See images below.
After: new carpeted multi-purpose area in
the chancel area
Before: view from nave to chancel (emptied for works)
After: new view from nave, including audiovisual
system
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Phase 2: Extension for an Accessible Toilet, Kitchenette and Welcome Area
For this second phase, we have already raised significant local funding, re-enlisted the same architect, Nye
Saunders, and formed the same essential committee of volunteers, as overleaf. We are now addressing a
second long-standing problem. St John’s Church has no foyer space, toilet or proper catering facilities on
site (although we do have small sink and a kettle in the vestry at the East end of the building, which we
manage to use at present). A routine five-yearly building inspection undertaken in April 2012 for the
Diocese of Guildford again identified access for all as an urgent issue. Although the Church Hall toilets are
80 metres walk away, they are accessible only via a sloping pathway and through the main area of the
church hall. However, during the week the St John’s pre-School hires (at a very affordable rate) the hall
from 9.30am-12.30pm and 12.30-3.30pm for all but two weekday sessions to deliver statutory pre-School
provision. This makes the hall off-limits, practically and in terms of safeguarding, during those hours. The
Parish has a long-standing and excellent partnership with the St John’s Pre-School, an independent trust
which has used the St John’s Church Hall for over 40 years to cater for local families. The trust has
expressed their support in writing for this project, although it will have no direct bearing on their own
facilities.
This second phase project envisages an imaginative extension to the west end of the church building, to
incorporate a new community facility into the building. This includes an extension with an overall net floor
area of 32 sq m, fitting just below the current roofline, finished in render; new pathways around the West
End to allow level wheelchair access to the church; a welcoming foyer with hard wearing floor, well lit by
an elongated window to the north wall, an accessible toilet and baby-changing facilities (requiring the
laying of a foul drain from the church to the church hall) and kitchenette facilities for hospitality. See
church /churchyard plans and the CAD images in appendix C.
The accessible toilet and catering facilities will have evident benefits for existing users. Moreover, a
community vision process undertaken by the CVG in November 2011 identified that we would like our
building open for at least 120 days a year. For instance, we will extend our successful drop-in parent and
toddler groups to a second session (to this end, we have obtained a petition of over 50 local parents),
increase our schools’ visits, increase our existing ‘café’ opening times for the elderly and churchyard
visitors, and offer free English conversation for members of the growing Nepalese community (now 10% of
the Borough of Rushmoor; for this we have obtained a letter of support from members of the local
Nepalese community). We would like to offer our church building for use and hire by other local groups,
focussing on exclusion. We receive occasional hire requests from the following local organisations: St
John’s Pre-School (parent engagement meetings), Parity for Disability, our local AA (which currently meets
in the church hall committee room) and Farnborough Food Bank, who would like to run a drop-in coffee
morning in the building, were facilities available.
St John’s also has strong partnerships with one local Junior School (Cove Junior) and two local Infant
Schools, Parsonage Farm and Cove Infants, and the governors of the latter have expressed their support, as
it will greatly assist their regular class visits and events held at St John’s. We have recently obtained a
£2500 grant from Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust for the project (www.hihct.org.uk ).
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The Church Fabric Committee, appointed by and responsible to the CVG, will be responsible for this
project. This is a sub-group has the following members and areas of responsibility.

Rev Esther Prior (Vicar, ex-officio PCC member, Chair of Church Vision Group and Fabric Committee
member with responsibility for market research, and liaison with schools and youth/children’s
groups and School Governor). Esther has a background in sales and marketing, and is experienced
in working with schools, young people and children. She will be responsible for maintaining the
vision and community liaison.
 Rev Matthew Prior (Non-Stipedniary Minister, Chair of Fabric Committee, with responsibility for
Council/community liaison). Matt has a background in church community projects and liaising
with local authorities.
 Geoff Dives (Fabric Committee member with responsibility for liaising with on-site contractors
over site management and specifications). Geoff is a retired consulting engineer experienced at
advising on building specifications.
 Sandra Panter (Fabric Committee member with responsibility for churchyard maintenance).
Sandra is a retired local teacher, with knowledge of the local community and expertise in local
ecology.
 Julia Ruskell (Churchwarden with legal responsibility for the buildings and site. Hall Maintenance
manager). Julia has extensive connections in the community and manages our relationships with
the Pre-School and other groups currently using the hall. She runs our Parent and Toddler Group.
 Les Ruskell (Fabric Committee secretary, with responsibility for tendering and liaison with
architect). Les is a retired MOD scientist experienced in handling tenders and monitoring and
evaluation of contracts.
 Dave Turnbull (PCC Treasurer, Church Vision Group member and long term Fabric Committee
member with responsibility for finance and programming). Dave is a retired business analysis
manager with proven skills in project management and financial programming. Dave was
involved in the management of phase 1 of the project.
 Steve Davis (Fundraising co-ordinator). Steve has a background in the MoD as well as an
academic interest in Technology Transfer. Until recently, he was a lecturer with Southampton
Solent University.
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3. Market research and community survey
Woodland Garden project
We recently advanced the process of community engagement through our woodland garden project in the
churchyard. This area includes picnic tables and an interpretation board on the biodiversity of the
churchyard habitat. The Council approved the £1000 environmental grant in March 2012 to develop the
woodland garden, which was opened in June 2012. The opening was attended by over 100 people (see
below). This enabled us to promote the potential for the community impact of the church building by
giving out handouts and a slide show (for which we have collected local press and Council publication
articles). We have in this way sought to connect the idea of the churchyard as a community resource to
the church as a community facility. We have received letters of support for the extension project from
Rushmoor Council and from a local Councillor.
Councillor Barbara Hurst after the opening the new area. The nature trail begins...
The interpretation sign....
Tea, cake and information about the building...
The local Sea Scouts recently made the woodland garden their community project. They have written in
support of the project, as toilet and catering facilities will enable continued volunteering around the site.
We have invited the Pre-School and local schools, as well as the local Cove Brookway group, to make use of
this new ‘breathing space’.
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Alongside the Woodland Garden, we use our extensive churchyard for contemplative use by the public.
For instance, in partnership with Cove Infants, for the two weeks of the Easter holidays, we set up displays
in the churchyard and opened the church for school visits and to the general public. This year we had a
footfall of over 400 people.
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Also popular is our invitation to the passing public to bring their prayers to the Garden of Tears at Easter
and Peace Tree at other times of the year. We are aware of our inability to offer proper facilities to this
group of people – some of whom are regular visitors to the churchyard tending family graves.
Community end-users and our volunteer base
What this project enables is the creation of a new community space both for church volunteer-led
initiatives, as well as creative hires to community groups (with a focus on exclusion), who would pay a
minimal affordable hire rate. That includes all those organisations listed on page 4 known to us, and other
organisations we would hope to reach through our contacts with local groups, the Council and through
word of mouth. We do not intend to create another ‘private hire’ facility for its own sake, or to make a
profit from hire, but to cover our overheads, as the financial projections make clear. Our proposed hire
rates are attached in appendix B.
The added value of this project is the volunteer base that we will bring to the project. Using a resource
called the Community Value Toolkit recommended for use by churches
(http://www.cuf.org.uk/act/resources-projects/community-value-toolkit), we have calculated that we
currently offer 120 volunteer hours per week at present in directly church-led activities (i.e. not including
volunteering in other areas of life). The total financial value of these volunteer hours per year is estimated
at £37,440 (based on £6 per hour volunteer time). This is in a range of roles such as catering, bereavement
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and pastoral care, youth and children’s work (for which all our volunteers are CRB-checked), maintenance
and cleaning, and supporting the work of international agencies such Christian Aid and running a fair-trade
stall (we are certified as a fair-trade church). We are committed to increase these hours to ensure any new
initiatives are sustainable. Our policy indicates that we would be unable to hire out the newly created
community space for private parties (for which the church hall would continue to be most appropriate).
Other community facilities
We are not aware of competing with other community facilities, but we are aware of a lack of community
provision in this part of Cove (corroborated by local Council and community members’ letters), especially
given the density of the population of children and young families (see neighbourhood statistics below,
and the letter from the Council). Our own church hall has more demand for its use than we can
accommodate (its hire rates are attached as an appendix, and its current hours of usage are below). The
nearby Gower Lodge on Fleet Road hosts Little Monkeys parent and toddler group and Southwood preSchool, and we have good relationships with both groups (Southwood visits the church), as well as with the
uniformed groups that meet there. Blunden Hall (hired out by Farnborough Leisure Centre) hosts a preSchool, Second Cove Sea Scouts (with whom we were in partnership for the community garden),
occasional hiring groups and private parties.
Figure 1: Current church and hall usage, November 2011.
Type
building
of Hours used per Hours used per Hours used per Total hours used
week for worship week by church week by external per week
activities/
projects
orgs
services
Church
4
2
0
6
Church hall
3
5
55
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Figure 2: Estimated annual footfall, November 2011.
Total annual footfall (excluding preSchool and hall hires): 3744 at Sunday
services annually + 7696 at church-led
activities annually + 2000 at events
annually + 2000 at pastoral and
seasonal services such as weddings
annually = 15,440 (estimated figure)
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Community Data Survey drawn from Neighbourhood Statistics (ONS) on Super Output Areas (SOA)
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes Community Survey Data on England and Wales, including
information on age distribution and deprivation. The congregation of St John’s Church is drawn mainly
from two “super output areas” 005C and 006F (England and Wales are divided into 34,738 Lower-level
SOAs), with a significant number also from adjacent 003D and 005E.
The results of the 2001 Census were studied to gain background information on the population living
around St John’s Church, and particularly the age distribution and the degree of deprivation.
The age distribution was found to mirror that of England as a whole, except that SOA 003D was found to
have a greater proportion of the population on the 20-40 age group and a smaller proportion of elderly
residents. The median age of Rushmoor 005 was 34, compared with 37 for the whole of England. The vast
majority of the residents classified themselves as Christian.
The SOAs are also ranked against seven criteria indicative of levels of deprivation (with 1 being the most
deprived). The criteria are: income; employment; deprivation and disability; education, skills and training;
barriers to housing and services; crime; and living environment. Areas 005C and 006F score consistently
well (in or just missing the top half the ranking) against all criteria except barriers to housing and services.
This measure is an indicator for the level of local community amenities and at rankings of 10,656 and
11,539 respectively are far worse than any of the other categories. Whilst there is no guidance on whether
this ranking is good or bad in absolute terms, the fact that it is so much worse than any of the other
categories suggests an imbalance of provision of local amenity which should be redressed. The proposed
extension to St John’s Church will be a significant contributor to improving this position.
More details of the SOAs, with maps and pointers to significant items, are at Appendix A.
The Nepalese community in Rushmoor and Cove
Joanna Lumley’s involvement in the high-profile and ultimately successful campaign for legal right to
remain in the UK for former Gurkha soldiers and their families has had a big impact on the Borough of
Rushmoor. A recent report suggested that up to 10% of the Borough is now of Nepalese origin (see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15712930) This presents wonderful opportunities for
long term intercultural enrichment, but also poses challenges in the medium term as regards integration,
language
and
service
provision.
See
http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2087542_report_highlights_nepalese_struggles for examples,
including those relating to the Cove area. See the letter of support for our proposed new community
facility from a member of the local Nepalese community.
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Marketing the project
We already advertise our existing community provision through proven popular means such as word of
mouth and reputation (for example, our baby and toddler provision is very popular among the many army
families living in the local Rhine Banks and Chavasse Way estates (GU14), where we are commended on
our warm welcome, spacious hall and generous portions of free coffee and cake!) We have an effective
website which we will use for advertising the hire of the hall. More formally, all our existing hall users have
received a letter and an information paper with an invitation to respond to us concerning what use they
might wish to make of the new facility. This includes Guides/Brownies/ Rainbows, a Zumba exercise class, a
children’s ballet and contemporary dance school Jacaranda. We have hosted two Jacaranda dance events
in the last year (see letters of support) and we want to encourage music/dance groups to use the new
facilities along with the existing carpeted area and excellent audiovisual facilities. Our recent woodland
garden project gained valuable publicity for the church and its community facilities.
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4. Resources
In addressing resources the project is conveniently divided into two parts. The first part is the building,
fitting and commissioning of the extension. The second part is the ongoing task of running the facility, both
in terms of managing the use and ensuring that the extension is cleaned and its fabric is maintained.
The resources required from St John’s for the first part consist solely of those required to manage the
project. The project management team is essentially the Church Fabric Committee as described in section
2 above. Design work for the extension is being conducted by a firm of qualified architects (Nye Saunders
Ltd), who are also responsible for direct liaison with the DAC, obtaining planning and building approval,
and for running the bidding process. Their detailed drawings are in appendix C below.
The building work itself will be carried out by the winning bidder, Matrix Construction, who will provide the
necessary vehicles, machinery, equipment and staff to carry out the building work (a copy of their final
priced specification will be sent by email). No resources for carrying out the building works will therefore
be required from St John’s.
It is extremely important that resources for the second part of the project, the ongoing task of running the
new facility, are adequately addressed. The necessary tasks will be absorbed by the infrastructure already
in place for managing and running the church and hall facilities in accordance with the following guidelines:
a. booking and hiring of the extension will be co-ordinated, as now, by the Parish Office and overseen
by the Churchwarden. Income generated and expenses incurred will be managed by the Parish
Treasurer;
b. maintenance of the new plumbing and heating will be subsumed into the existing maintenance
contract for the church hall;
c. items of maintenance in the extension, other than those covered by the plumbing and heating
maintenance contract, will be covered by volunteers. Currently the church is cleaned and
maintained by volunteers, but given that the kitchen and toilet will need to be cleaned more
frequently than the church itself, it is anticipated that an extra two hours’ paid cleaning per week
will be required. These hours will be offered to the current paid hall cleaner and funded from hire
fees.
See our financial projection below.
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5. Finance and Programming (please note that the timing in this section are now outdated, but the sequencing is stiil correct)
Gantt Chart
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St John's Church Extension - Financial Projections
Preamble: assumptions for Financial Projections
Income

User Groups start mid soon after completion of works and build to 30 weeks per year usage with up to 14 hours per week split between extra Little
Fishes group and small and medium sized groups with charges at the low end of current hall user charges.
Expenditure






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Additional parish office administration initially at 2 hours per month, rising to 3 hours per month as project has more users (approx 4 hours per month
currently allocated to church hall administration)
Church cleaning would continue to be undertaken by volunteers but an additional 2-3 hours per week paid cleaning is envisaged to ensure facilities
are prepared for user groups (currently 6 hours per week for church hall)
A small additional workload is anticipated for the church hall caretaker and £10-£15 per month has been allowed for this (current church hall costs
£107 per month)
Additional electricity costs will be incurred while user groups are in the church - mainly lighting plus some use of catering facilities - 6 kWhr per hour of
usage.
Background heating of the church is maintained with underfloor heating from a gas-fired boiler, but some boosting will be needed when groups are in.
Average additional cost £0.60 per hour of use.
Some additional maintenance of the building will be needed with the increased use. Mostly this will be undertaken by volunteers, but a small budget
for materials and specialised work is envisaged.
St John's Church Extension - Financial
Projection
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
optimistic
2015
2016
2017
A - Hrs /week
3
3
3
A - Wks/year
30
30
30
New Little Fishes
£200.00
£250.00
£300.00
B - Hrs /week
4
5
6
B - Wks /year
20
30
30
B - hourly rate
£7.00
£7.25
£7.50
B - income
£560.00
£1,087.50 £1,350.00
C - Hrs /week
3
4
ANALYSIS OF INCOME AND RUNNING COSTS
New user income
A - hourly rate
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5
C - Wks/year
20
30
30
C - hourly rate
£4.00
£4.00
£4.00
C - income
£240.00
£480.00
£600.00
Project Income
£1,000.00 £1,817.50 £2,250.00
Additional Costs
Parish Office Admin
Additonal hours per month
2
3
3
Hourly Rate
£9.70
£10.00
£10.30
Months incurred
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11
11
Parish Office Costs
207.90
320.10
330.00
Cleaning Costs
Additional Hours per week
2
2
2.5
3
Additional weeks
10
20
30
30
Hourly rate
£7.60
£7.80
£8.00
£8.20
Cleaning costs
£152.00
£304.00
£585.00
£720.00
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Caretaker Costs
Additional Monthly Charge
10
12
15
15
No of months
4
12
12
12
Caretaking Costs
£40.00
£144.00
£180.00
£180.00
76
230
360
420
kWHr/Hr
6
6
6
6
Unit charge(p/unit)
12
12.5
13
13.5
Electricity costs
£54.72
£172.50
£259.20
£315.00
Ave costs/hr (over background)
£0.60
£0.63
£0.66
£0.69
Heating costs
£45.60
£144.90
£237.60
£289.80
Additional Maintenance
£0.00
£100.00
£200.00
£200.00
Additional Costs
£367.92
£1,073.30 £1,781.90 £2,034.80
Utility Costs
Hours of Usage
Electricity Costs
Heating costs
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Surplus/Deficit
-£72.92
SUMMARY OF INCOME AND RUNNING COSTS
-£73.30
£35.60
£215.20
2015
2016
2017
Income
Extra Little Fishes Sessions
£75
£200
£250
£300
Medium Group Users
£156
£560
£1,088
£1,350
Small Group Users
£64
£240
£480
£600
Total Income
£295
£1,000
£1,818
£2,250
Office Admin
£76
£208
£320
£330
Cleaning
£152
£304
£585
£720
Caretaker
£40
£144
£180
£180
Electricity
£55
£173
£259
£315
Extra Heating
£46
£145
£238
£290
Additional Maintenance
£0
£100
£200
£200
Expenditure
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Ongonig Expenditure
£368
£1,073
£1,782
£2,035
Surplus/(Deficit)
-£73
-£73
£36
£215
CASH FLOW CONSTRUCTION
PHASE
Fundraising(1)
3,013.54
Fundraising(2)
Donations + Gift Aid
12,946.01
4,400.00
1,000.00
58,552.76 5,960.48
Gift Aid due
791.04
Fundraising(3)
16,381.00
8,821.00
3,000.00
Interest
317.66
Ecclesiastical Grant
1,750.00
AF pledge
1,500.00
Grant 3
4,000.00
Veolia grant less 10% other contributor
76,898.86
Hampshire All-Churches Trust
2,500.00
Transfer from Lease Fund
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521.71
Cash In
59,074.47 10,082.72 12,946.01
120,250.86
Architect Fees (inc VAT)
6,252.67
£3,825.00
Planning Application Fee (inc VAT)
170.00
Structural calcs (inc VAT)
2,100.00
Other project costs
1,395.65
Cash Out
5392.64
Contractor Fee (VATEX)
150,388.16
VAT to contractor
30,082.51
Opening + Publicity
300.00
Total project costs for year
0.00
9,918.32
5,392.64
184,595.67
Cumulative project cost
0.00
9,918.32
15,310.96
184,595.67
Net Cash
59,074.47 164.40
7,553.37
-64,344.81
Cum Net Cash
59,074.47 59,238.87 66,792.24
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2,447.43
CASH FLOW including Construction and Operation
Net Cash for construction
59074.47
164.40
Net cash for Operation
7553.37
-64344.81
0.00
0.00
0.00
-72.92
-73.30
-73.30
35.60
215.20
Total Net Cash Flow
59074.47
164.40
7480.45
-64418.11
-73.30
35.60
215.20
Cumulative Cash Flow
59074.47
59238.87
66719.32
2301.21
2227.91
2263.51
2478.71
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6. Review
The St John’s church Fabric Committee is currently managing all aspects of the extension project. This
meets approximately every two months. A member of this committee will liaise with the contractor on a
day-to-day basis, and it is envisaged that this committee will monitor the project and keep progress under
ongoing review at its regular meetings. However, there are a number of stages at which a meeting of the
committee will be convened with the specific aim of taking stock of the situation and reviewing the project
progress. These stages correspond to the milestones indicated on the Gantt Chart, and are essentially
contract award, start of building work and completion.
Before contract award the committee will need to review progress to ensure that all the necessary
approvals are in place, with no show-stoppers or potential delays to prevent the contractors going ahead
once the contract is placed, and to be clear that all the necessary funding is in place.
Before building work starts the committee will need to review the requirement with the contractor and the
architect to ensure that all are clear on the detailed plan for the way ahead for the forthcoming months
and to allow any last-minute issues to be raised.
Finally, the committee will need to inspect the completed building work to ensure that the contractual
requirements have been met.
Clearly, the dates shown on the chart are current best estimates, and are based on certain assumptions
about funding. The timescales on the chart will need to be kept under constant review as circumstances
change.
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Appendix A: Community Data Survey
General Geographical Background
The aim of this Annex is to present general background information on the area from which the
congregation of St John’s Church and the potential users of its amenities are drawn. Figures are mainly
from the 2001 Census1 as published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), with updates where
available.
England and Wales are divided into 34,738 Super Output Areas (SOAs) for the 2001 Census, with St John’s
Church situated in Middle-Layer SOA Rushmoor 005, which has 8,437 residents. The map below shows
middle-layer Rushmoor 005.
St John’s
Church
Railway Line
M3
Motorway
Airfield
SOAs are subdivided into Lower-Level SOAs, with St John’s Church located in 005C, but because of its
situation close to the corner of Rushmoor 005 the congregation is drawn mainly from 005C and 005E from
within SOA 005, and from 003D and 006F from the adjacent areas Rushmoor 003 and Rushmoor 006.
The map below shows the Lower layer SOA 005C, with the main community facilities marked.
1
th
The first results of the 2011 Census have started to be published from 16 July 2012, but detailed data are not yet available
online and, for the purposes of this application, the 2001 Census figures are considered to be adequate.
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Cove Infant
School
003D
Cove
Secondary
School
005E
006F
C
Further information on the various facilities can be found by following the links below:
Cove Secondary School www.cove.hants.sch.uk
Gower Lodge (Pre-School, Scouts, and Parent and Toddler Group) www.southwoodfamilypreschool.org.uk
St John’s church, churchyard and hall (where pre-School meets) www.parishofcove.org.uk
Cove Infant School www.coveinfantschool.co.uk
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The map below shows the SOA 006F, the immediate community to the east of St John’s, with community
facilities marked.
Blunden
Community
Hall
Cove Junior
School
Giffard Drive
Surgery
005C
Further information on the various facilities can be found by following the links below:
Cove Junior School www.covejunior.co.uk
Giffard Drive Surgery www.giffarddrivesurgery.co.uk
Blunden Community Hall and Recreation ground www.rushmoor.gov.uk/article/3160/Blunden-Roadrecreation-ground-and-play-area (Home of pre-School and hiring groups such as Second Cove Sea Scouts).
The recreation area is maintained in part by Cove Brook Greenway Group
www.covebrook.hampshire.org.uk
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The map below shows the SOA 003D, the immediate community to the east of St John’s, with community
facilities marked.
Small Parade
of Shops
Parsonage
Farm Infant
School and
Pre-School
005C
More information is available via the link Parsonage Farm Infant School and pre-School
www.parsonagefarmschool.co.uk
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Finally, the map below shows the SOA 005E, the immediate community to the west of St John’s, with
community facilities marked.
Army Officers’
accommodation,
Rhine Banks
005C
Parity for
Disability
St John’s
Church
Army
accommodation
Chavasse Way
Whetstone
Road small
parade of
shops
Further information on Parity for Disability is at www.parityfordisability.org.uk
Age Distribution of Population
The four low-level SOAs around St John’s Church had a total population of 6,318 at the 2001 census, of
whom 77% stated their religion as Christianity, 15% stated that they had no religion, 7% did not state their
religion, and 1% claimed other religions. The median age of the population on Medium level SOA
Rushmoor 005 is 34 (compared to 37 nationally), and the mean age is 34.5 (compared to 38.6 nationally).
The chart below shows the distribution of ages in the four SOAs in ten-year bands, and compares them
with the overall distribution throughout England. Rushmoor generally reflects the overall age distribution
of England except for SOA 003D, where there would seem to be a somewhat higher number of residents in
the 20-40 age group and fewer elderly people over the age of 60.
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Age distribution in SOA Rushmoor 005
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005C
006F
003D
005E
percent of population
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England
15
10
5
0
0 to 9
10 to 19 20 to 29 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 69 over 70
age range / years
Index of Deprivation
Based on research at the University of Oxford, a combination of social indicators is used by the ONS to
measure the degree to which an SOA may be regarded as being deprived, and the aggregate score is used
to rank areas throughout England. There were 32,482 areas in total for the 2010 assessment2, with the
first-ranked (i.e. rank 1) being the most deprived area3 and 32,482 being the least-deprived. The
assessment is made on the basis of seven categories of deprivation, and these are aggregated into an
overall score. Data are currently available for 2010. The table below shows the Deprivation scores for the
four Rushmoor areas being considered.
Super Output Area
Category
003D
005C
005E
006F
Rank of Overall Index of Multiple Deprivation
28,080
24,132
20,292
29,602
Rank of Income score
30,535
20,003
16,675
29,069
Rank of Employment score
30,217
26,239
21,698
24,806
Rank of Health Deprivation and Disability score
29,064
20,184
25,429
27,713
Rank of Education, Skills and Training score
18,750
22,141
12,547
19,177
Rank of Barriers to Housing and Services score
11,539
29,635
10,656
32,057
Rank of Crime score
18,592
8,079
20,784
24,742
Rank of Living Environment score
22,728
23,839
22,852
22,120
It is clear from the table that in general the area does very well in terms of deprivation ranking, and there
are only four instances where it lies in the bottom half of the rankings for England. There is little that
improving church facilities could do to better the rankings of crime or education and skills, but two of these
low-ranking instances occur in the “Rank of Barriers to Housing and Services” category. This category is
based on the availability of local community amenities, of which access to facilities in the local church
would be one. The extension to St John’s church will therefore go some way to addressing the imbalance
and inconsistency in the Deprivation scores for the SOAs around the church.
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3
Note this is slightly different from the 2001 Census figure.
Jaywick Sands, Essex.
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Appendix B
Current Church Hall Charges
2013 charges
Weekday
Weekend
Regular users –main
11.00
Regular users – cttee
4.50
Preschool (whole)
7.75
Uniformed – main
Uniformed - cttee
6.10
3.40
AA – cttee
3.40
Occasional users
15.25
7.00
18.50
Proposed New Extension Hire Charges
Type of Group
Hire charges
2014/15
2015/6
Standard rate for funded community group or
performance groups e.g. Dance
6.50
7.00
Discretionary rate for small struggling groups focussing
on exclusion e.g. AA
3.50
4.00
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Appendix C: Architect’s CAD drawings and plans
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The complete set of tender issue drawings will be sent by email.
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