SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME for the scars of the past to heal. St Luke’s Church, Miilwall (in the Isle of Dogs) was bombed out during the Second World War. Since then the community has carried on with a make-shift chapel, tacked on to the church hall. This was never meant to be a permanent solution. The whole complex is nearly derelict, and the many areas of flat roof all leak in the rain.

As the new century began the Millwall community decided that it was time to sort out St Luke’s, to provide:

• a beautiful new church
• a wonderful new centre which would be a hive of activity for the community
• a calm and peaceful place to live (six new homes are part of the scheme)
• a permanent home for the Millwall Bangladeshi Association (an Islamic cultural and religious organisation for Bengali residents)

Below are some architect's impressions on how the new Church and Community Centre will look. It is an ambitious project that is estimated to cost £2.7 Million. We have raised £2 Million by negotiating a lease with a local Property Development Company to build affordable housing on part of the site. But we still require more funding and invite you to give to our Appeal to make St Luke’s once again a centre for the whole community, where young and old can meet, share activities, discuss and debate the issues and ideas that shape their lives.

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View from the south east, across Alpha Grove, showing the church, and beyond it the community building, church housing and then the social housing by One Housing Group. The existing war memorials will be displayed on the southern side.

View from the north east across Alpha Grove, showing the east end of the church and the main entrance to the building.

View from the south west across Havannah Street showing the church housing, the community building.

Longitudinal section showing the building organisation with the first floor Community Hall and Church with ground floor Entrance Hall on the eastern side and the housing element on the western side.

Interior view of the flexible Hall space. The Hall space can be subdivided to provide increased flexibility in use.

Interior view showing Church in its smallest layout. The Church can open up and expand to occupy the full Hall space when required.