New Backing From C20

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…

We are excited to have been awarded a £10,000 development support grant by the Architectural Heritage Fund. We will use this to pay for a professional project viability study, to make sure that our plans are commercially viable. AHF normally support historic building projects, so it is good news that they see sufficient value in…

We are delighted to have been awarded a £10,000 development support grant from the Community Shares Booster Fund. This will pay for professional advice on how to set up our community business, to become legally registered and support to launch our community share issue. The programme is funded by Power to Change, Architectural Heritage Fund and Access – The…

There was a volunteers’ meeting in Shepton Mallet library on Wednesday 31st January 2024; from 7pm to 9pm, with 47 in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the ideas put forward so far on how the building should be used and also to seek volunteers to help with creating the business plan…

There will be a public meeting for volunteers and anyone interested in the project, on Wednesday 22nd May at the Art Bank, High Street, Shepton Mallet. The bar will be open at 6:30pm and the meeting will start at 7pm. The main purpose will be to discuss progress to date, with opportunities to ask questions.

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…