In 2015 we received a grant of £50,000 from Wren (now FCC Environmental) to refurbish most of the old school house.

 

This became the William Bradford Room - a warm, welcoming community space. Unfortunately some unexpected structural problems cost an additional £15,000 of our reserves to remedy. Hence further renovation plans had to be deferred as grant money for such work proved elusive.

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However, early in 2016, an ambitious project of low-cost refurbishment work started thanks to a local retired teacher who's excellent design and woodworking skills prolonged the life of some of our old buildings & also provided us with a traverse wall and bird hide. This work was supported by several groups of volunteers – from the Green Tree Pub in Hatfield, students from the National Citizenship Scheme, plus a few pupils as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

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In July 2017 we installed our new £120k residential building after months of fund raising and hard work! Attaching some refurbished portakabin modules to an existing classroom gave us two new dorms.

 

In addition The Jarratt Building encompasses several wet rooms (complete with flushing toilets for those who remember the old ones!), teachers bedrooms and a cosy communal area. It has received lots of positive feedback from visitors and given the site a much more modern look!