St Nicolas & St Wilfrid’s Pevensey PCC is celebrating the news that it has received a £19,164.00 funding boost from SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust) for the St Nicolas Restoration Project.

The church has been in urgent need of repair for some years, and is currently being made sound and weatherproof using money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Sussex Historic Churches Trust and others plus local fund raising activities. To complete the restoration, interior render, which has been badly damaged by water ingress, needs to be removed and made good. SUEZ Communities Trust funding will contribute to the redecoration and rendering.

Churchwarden Simon Sargent said “We are delighted that the generous donation from SUEZ Communities Trust means that we have now reached our funding target of £255,000 and will be able to complete the restoration project. This began 10 years ago and I would like to pay tribute to the enormous contribution of our former Churchwarden, the late Owen Visick.”

Marianne Ivin of SUEZ Communities Trust added “We are very pleased to be able to help the church renovate the internal parts of the building. This much needed restoration will enable to building to be used by future generations. SUEZ Communities Trust provides grants through the Landfill Communities Fund. This important source of funding has been available since 1997 and has provided such worthy projects with more than £1.4 billion.”