Foundations for the Future - final project review

The Fundraising and Education teams are now happily located in the MSC. The Sobell Bridge Club is enjoying using the multifunction room for the majority of their events. So 2006 has started with a real bang.

January 2005 saw the ground-works commence and slowly over the year the building emerged in all its glory. This activity culminated in the official opening by our patrons Lady Weinstock and Mrs Hilda Rubin in September.
Subsequently the building was fitted out with furniture, computer equipment, etc so that the building could be occupied early in 2006.

The Trustees would like to thank the team who managed this very successful project. Rod Lacey led the project for the trustees calling on professional help as required. He gave an enormous amount of his time and saw to the smallest detail required by the construction team. We are in his debt for the enormous amount of quality work that he gave so freely. His attention to detail is reflected in the excellent result.
Derek Lofty (Chartered Surveyor) and Ian Thomson (Quantity Surveyor) provided invaluable professional support throughout the project and the trustees have expressed their gratitude for the unstinting support that they gave to the charity.
Philiam Construction and John Bissel (architect with the RM Partnership) provided all the design and construction support; the project was on budget and completed on time. We recommend them for their professional attitude and value for money approach to the whole project.

The final phase of the project is to refurbish the offices in the Michael Sobell Resource Block that were vacated by the teams mentioned above. This is now in progress and the new space should be available for the clinical/medical teams by March. They are looking forward to occupying more spacious accommodation.

The Trustees would like to stress that the capital sum for the new building and the refurbishment was raised by specific activities that did not restrict funding for the normal requirements of MSH. Our particular thanks go to the Sobell Foundation and the Sobell Bridge Club for their significant donations. Our gratitude also goes to the many donors who have helped make this project possible.