New Backing From C20
C20 are the UK authority and guardians of modern architecture. They often campaign to save modern buildings threatened with demolition, they have pledged their support to the project and have written an article about us:
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Last night the team presented to The Shepton Mallet Area History Society, the presentation included a timeline of the Amulet and town centre being built and we showed off a number of never before seen photos and town plans that we have recovered from individuals like the original architect Terence Hopegood since the start of…
Buy The Amulet + Community Organisations Launch DJ, Sound & Light Learning Programme For Young People
Buy The Amulet are pleased to reveal we are working in collaboration with Interim Spaces , The Art Bank and Big Fam Disco to create a programme of DJ experiences for young people in Shepton Mallet. We have started by asking them what they would like with a survey at the Sunday Market and will…
Buy The Amulet Features in ITV News Story
Today we were delighted to welcome ITV News West Country to the Amulet to do a live piece about the project, they covered the recent planning result, the community share offer, events and how The Amulet would benefit the local community. And we had invited local supporters come and fill our 65 seat pop-up auditorium…
Culture Funding Cancelled
The Labour government has announced that they are “minded to cancel” the Levelling Up Fund for Culture, that included £5m for capital cultural projects in Mendip. Our project to purchase and reopen the Amulet had been shortlisted for a share of this fund in June 2024. Instead, they say there will be a new scheme…
Temporary Stage Lights Installed
This week volunteers installed a temporary lighting system on the ground floor. These stage lights are hung from existing ceiling structures and will support the programme of pop-up events that will take place this spring and summer. Media students programmed the DMX lights to be controlled using a scene selector, which means that at the…
Questionnaire December 2023
A public questionnaire was carried out in December 2023, to find out how the building was used in the past and how everyone would like to see it used in the future. You can find a summary of the over 500 responses to the questionnaire here.