A CASH grant aims to help breathe new life into a north Kirklees church.
Commercial waste company Biffawaste Services has given more than £58,000 to St Thomas's church, Grosvenor Road, Batley.
The money has been donated from the company's environment fund, Biffaward, from landfill tax credits.
The project "A Church Alive" aims to link worship and social activities in the Grade 2 listed building.
The Biffaward, presented to Environment Concern for Batley, will help pay for facilities at the west end of the church.
Environment Concern is a charity which works in partnership with community groups to promote improvements in the environment.
Proposed facilities in St Thomas's include an area to be used as a drop-in centre, meeting rooms, refreshment area and a community area which can be used for social events, workshops, training, mother and toddler groups and events for the elderly.
Cash is still being sought for repairs to the church roof, which must be carried out before the project can start.
Anne Abbott, chief executive of Environment Concern for Batley said: "A Church Alive reinforces St Thomas's church as a socially responsible parish, which with Biffaward's help is enabling its parishioners to establish a much-needed community facility embedded in a church building."
St Thomas's Parochial Church Council also donated £6,607to the project. Only 90% of a grant can be provided from landfill tax.
The Biffaward fund has been set up using tax charged on waste taken into landfill sites that they manage.
