Refurbishing The Al-Ghazali Centre
Our building has become too small to accommodate the services we deliver and the new services we need to incorporate to meet the demand of the following:
- Long waiting lists for projects.
- Demand for further services by community.
- A growing local population with more needs.
- Refurbishment of the Building due to the condition
- challenges (140-year-old church building) –damp, roof leaks, not energy efficient and disability access.
Our
Building Project
The vision for the building refurbishment programme is to enable us to use our building more effectively and efficiently by refurbishing old and worn-down areas and extending unused space.
We began our building project in 2018 with the excavation of the basement area doubling its size and the underpinning of the whole building. This was financed by charitable organisations in the UK and fundraising from the local Muslim community.
In 2023, we were successful in receiving some funds from central government (Department of Media, Culture and Sports) through the Youth Investment Fund to continue our building work. We received £1.5 million (Capital and Revenue).
This has enabled us to begin
some of the following works in our building:
Fully equipped classrooms
Extensive Meeting Rooms
