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===All Saints' community café and hub=== [[File:All Saints Church Centre, Kingston Road, Leatherhead (geograph 6344148).jpg|thumb|All Saints' community café and hub, Leatherhead]] All Saints' Church on Kingston Road was consecrated in February 1889 as a daughter church to St Mary's. It was designed by the architect, [[Arthur Blomfield]], and was built to serve a new area of housing under construction to the north of the town centre.<ref name=Heath_Tarplee_2005_p40>{{harvnb|Heath|Tarplee|2005|p=40}}</ref> On opening, the church could accommodate 300 people, but was later extended with the addition of a lady chapel.<ref name=All_Saints>{{cite web |url= http://www.parishchurch.leatherheadweb.org.uk/allsaints.html |title= All Saints' Church, Kingston Road, Leatherhead |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 14 June 2005 |publisher= Parish of Leatherhead |access-date= 11 November 2021 |archive-date= 4 December 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041204170757/http://www.parishchurch.leatherheadweb.org.uk/allsaints.html |url-status= live }}</ref> By 1980, the congregation had dwindled and the building was in need of repair. A decision was taken to convert the nave of the church to a community space, while retaining the chancel as a place of worship.<ref name=Heath_Tarplee_2005_p40/> The dual-purpose facility was rededicated by the [[Bishop of Dorking]] in March 1982.<ref name=All_Saints/> In 2005, the nave of the church was converted to a Youth Project Café, known as "B Free", to be a space for young people to meet and socialise.<ref name=Heath_Tarplee_2005_p40/> In 2014, the Leatherhead Youth Project, launched a new social enterprise at the church called "AllSaints". The project supports disadvantaged young people, especially those [[NEET|not in education, employment or training]], and provides opportunities for participants to gain employment and life skills.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://allsaints.so/our-story/ |title= Our Story |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 18 August 2021 |publisher= AllSaints Coffee Shop |access-date= 11 November 2021 |archive-date= 11 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211111171703/https://allsaints.so/our-story/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
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