Welcome to
St Nicholas Church, Halewood

When the church inspection took place in 1989 the Church Council were faced with the fact that the church was badly in need of repair. The church meeting rooms, formerly the school, also needed renovation. Plans were formulated to sell off the old school buildings and schoolhouse to a developer who would have no difficulty in re-selling the picturesque old buildings, protected by a conservation order.

The money raised would go towards the building of a new purpose built church hall and much needed repairs to the church. A building fund was launched and an architect brought in to draw up plans. Shortly afterwards a children's home (which 10 years earlier had been built on land bought from the church by the Borough of Knowsley) sadly closed. As this site was adjacent to the church it became obvious to some far sighted members of the Church Council that it would make an ideal church centre. Knowsley were approached with a business plan, and after protracted negotiations the St.Nicholas Church Centre was opened in 1995.

The funding for this huge project was raised through the sale of the old school buildings and a mortgage paid for by covenanted monthly giving from our church family. The new Centre consisted of three wings of rooms and a central hall, kitchen and meeting rooms. Two of the wings were converted into student accommodation to help towards the running costs. After two years the three wings were changed into six self contained flats to provide affordable housing. The Centre is also the base for the charity "Listening Ear Merseyside" which is a voluntary organisation that provides a free listening and counselling service to the people of Merseyside.

The Centre is now self sufficient,  it has proved invaluable in bringing the rapidly growing community together. In 2007 there has be extensive refurbishment to the external areas including the replacement of all gutters, pipes, fascias and soffites in new UPVC.

 

Below is a list of the groups and organisations using St. Nicholas Centre.  Day Organisation Meeting Times Room Sunday Junior Church 1100-1200 MH/CR Drama Group 1930-2130 MH Monday Fellowship Group 1400-1600 MH Rainbows 1730-1830 OR Tuesday Parent & Toddler Group 1330-1500 MH/OR   Brownies 2nd Halewood 1630-1800 MH Guides (Halewood) 1830-2000 OR Wednesday Knitleaders 1000-1200 OR Drama Group 1930-2130 MH Thursday Coffee Shop 1000-1200 MH Mothers' Union (1st) 1400-1600 MH   Step-in-time Dance Class 17.00-1900 MH Vestry Hour 1900-1945 CR Friday Brownies 3rd Halewood 1700-1830 OR Vineyard 2000-1000 MH/OR Saturday

Key

MH - Main Hall
OR - Organisation Room
CR - Conference Room

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