Over the last week and a half a group of 8 young men and women from the princes trust have been working hard on seeing YWAM Yorks recently purchased Barnabas centre transformed in to a up todate community center for the local people and for  DTS and leadership training courses. The Prince’s Trust Team is a 12-week personal development programme for young people (aged 16-25) at risk of social exclusion, run through Askham Bryan College.

They have been stripping woodchip wall paper, sanding, re wall papering and painting and decorating the downstairs of the centre.

By the end of next week the toilets and kitchen will be looking great and ready to use. The cafe will be half way there! We need to have damp proofing put in before we can finish painting the room but once that is done and the laminate wood flooring put down we will be ready to move back in!In the mean time JM Butler Builders have started work taking off the roof to prepare it for re roofing and shortly will be ready to start on the work needed to make the property structurally sound.

We have been busy applying for grants and putting together a promotional brochure in order to see the £100,000 needed to be raised in the next few months to pay it all off and have the centre furnished and ready to use in the new year.