News — 7th October 2020
The current Principal’s Project is a fundraising campaign to repair the 107-year-old roof of our historic White House. Thanks to your generosity some repairs are already underway and, as of June 2022, we have raised over £100,000 with the help of matched funding!
Our Principal, Revd Dr Deirdre Brower Latz, says, “We have raised OVER the £50,000 we needed to match the funding so generously gifted to us: everyone, that means that £100,000 plus has been raised enabling us to fix the roof! I know that for many of you this kind of a gift means you went without, or sacrificed unimaginably – friends, thank you. For all of you, your gifts have made such a difference to us.”
To help us raise the roof you can choose to donate:
- £5 to sponsor a nail
- £10 to sponsor a scaffolding pole
- £25 to sponsor a wooden beam
- £100 to sponsor a stone tile
A Message From Deirdre
And… introducing our next miracle story! Let’s raise £200,000 and raise the roof!
A roof raised! The genteel old lady of the White House has been an incredible gift to NTC. Ever since Dr Hugh Rae and others had the vision, put their backs into it, it has served as home, dining room, kitchen, family accommodation, warden’s flats, studies, Phd-examinations, parties, wedding reception venues, funeral space… It has become revamped with posh new reception areas and shiny radiators, polished oak seamlessly next to comfy chairs, and sleek photocopiers wirelessly connected… It’s a hub, a centre, and it breathes!
I think that when the building hears voices it almost smiles and it makes me think of the Psalms… and poets – ‘these walls cry out…’ or… ‘the tales it could tell.’ But – its 107 year old roof is sagging a bit… Who can blame it? We’d creak too if we were holding up the weight of hope on our shoulders – and so, we’re going to fix it. Of course, because of its dignity – fixing it isn’t a duck tape, spit and polish job. Instead, laboriously and with craftsmanship, piece by piece it will be taken down and rebuilt… To do this, we need your help…
Did you know that 1sqm of the NTC roof weighs over 1 tonne?