More than 60 youngsters will become part of a Dunfermline church’s history having signed their names on some of its slates.
The slates are being used as part of a £327,000 repair scheme being undertaken at the Gillespie Memorial Church.
The youngsters, from Wellwood Primary School and Gillespie Youth Church, have been keeping an eye on the repairs to the town centre building. Their involvement will be recorded for posterity on the nave roof.
The listed church is half way through a project that includes roof repairs, new lead gutters and flashings, new cast iron gutters and downpipes, and stone repairs and re-pointing.
Its roof is being repaired with second-hand Scottish slates to match the existing materials.
The congregation moved to Queen Anne High School in the town for some services while additional structural works are carried out, and the project is supported by a £160,000 grant from the Dunfermline Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS).
David MacGregor, chairman of the church’s trustees, said, “We are fund-raising to match the money granted by CARS.
“One of the ways we are doing this is by the children and young people sponsoring a slate for the church roof.”
“The congregation are very excited by the progress so far and are looking forward to returning to Gillespie after our relocated Sunday mornings to Queen Anne High School.”