Crowdfunding Appeal for Greyfriars Charteris Centre

                                                                                                                     Wednesday August 7, 2019

A CHURCH community centre named after the founder of Life and Work, the Church of Scotland Guild and the Diaconate has launched a £20,000 crowdfunding appeal to support a redevelopment project.

Those who donate £20 or more can have their name included on a ‘Wall of Fame’ when the project is completed at the Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh.

Centre development manager Dan Rous said: “We have been collating a package of funding to assist with a partial redevelopment of the Centre, to enable it to work better for now and the future.  The works will cost around £2m to complete and we're nearly there at our target.  Now, you can be a part of things and through our rewards you could physically be part of the finalised Centre with our exclusive Wall of Fame!”

He added: “Our plan, that has received planning permission for work to commence in September this year, includes ensuring full disability access including a lift that will cover all four levels, making the main entrance more visible and welcoming, and increasing/enhancing toilet facilities and utility provisions.”

Those who donate £20 or more will have their names immortalised on the ‘Wall of Fame’.

The Kirk O’Field Centre, on the Pleasance, comprises the former Kirk O’Field Parish Church and St Ninian’s Centre and is part of the mission outreach of Greyfriars Kirk (which united with Kirk O’Field in 2013).

The centre was relaunched in 2016 with a new name - Greyfriars Charteris Centre, after the Very Rev Professor Archibald Charteris, reflecting the original name of Kirk O’Field, which was opened in 1912 as the Charteris Memorial Church.

It also acknowledges the St Ninian’s Centre’s history as home to the Society of Deaconesses for the Church of Scotland, and connections to the Deaconess Hospital. Charteris, in addition to founding Life and Work in 1879 and the Guild in 1887, was instrumental in the establishment of the Diaconate.

Donations to the crowdfunding appeal can be made here

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/charteriscentre

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