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 the project, a number of them can now be found on our History Page:
We are excited to announce the return of cinema, theatre, dancing and live music to the Amulet – just for this summer. There will be something for everyone in the events lineup, which opens with Mark Chadwick of the Levellers on Friday 4th July, followed the next day by Shepton Mallet Big Band and runs…
The Shepton Mallet Lantern Festival are really excited to announce that the Amulet in the centre of Shepton Mallet market place will be the new venue for the lantern workshops this year. The fantastic space will run the workshops over two weekends. The workshop dates are; Saturday 29th of November from 10.30am – 4pm Sunday…
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…
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…
Our Community Share Offer will be officially launched on Saturday 24th May. This will allow individuals and organisations to buy shares in The Amulet Centre Limited and raise a target of £200,000 towards the purchase and reopening of the building. Unlike traditional investments, community shares offer people a stake – and a say – in…
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….