Day Centre work progressing

10:28am Saturday 6th September 2008

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THE construction of the new Day Centre and Community Facility for Trinity Winchester is well underway at Durngate, Winchester.

The purpose-built £1.3 million facility is being constructed by local company, Wilding Butler.

It will provide support to people experiencing the effects of poverty, homelessness, ill health and other socially excluding issues and will replace the existing building at St Paul's Hill, where attendance at the Trinity Centre in the last few months has broken previous records.

Eighty people attended throughout one day at the end of June and this was well above the recent average daily attendance of 55.

The chief executive of Trinity, Michelle Gardener, said: "We predicted this increase in numbers over a year ago and the new building can't come soon enough."

Mrs Gardener added: "Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council have supported Trinity over many years. In addition, the Winchester City Council lease of the Durngate site, and Hampshire County Council's generous capital donation to Trinity Winchester has made the development of our new building possible. It will allow improved access to a greater range of services and Trinity's own staff will also be able to develop their specific roles to full potential."

Phil Wilding, of Wilding Butler, said: "As a business we have completed about 300 projects but I feel particularly proud to be working with Trinity to construct a building to provide such a worthwhile and essential service."