New Backing From C20

We are excited to announce that a series of pop-up events will take place on the ground floor of the Amulet this Spring and Summer. These will allow local people to visit the space to learn more about our project and to demonstrate the potential of the building. Activities will start with an Open Day…

Thank you to everyone who came to visit our first pop-up open day today. Hundreds of visitors streamed in from the busy Sunday Market and were able to explore the ground floor and learn about the history and our future plans for reopening the whole building. We have been allowed use of the ground floor…

News of our potential funding remains on hold. Following July’s election, we are still waiting for news on how the new government will manage community funding. Our bid to purchase and reopen the Amulet had been well received but along with many other community campaigns, we are currently waiting for the bidding process to reopen….

There will be a public meeting for volunteers and anyone interested in the project, on Wednesday 24th April 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.

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…

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…