Almeley Wootton Meeting House Photo: Photo: J. Rowe.
Almeley Wootton awarded grant
Almeley Wootton awarded £40,000 for the upkeep of the Meeting house
A Quaker Meeting in Herefordshire has received a £40,000 government grant for the upkeep of their Meeting house because of its historic importance. Almeley Wootton Meeting was given the money by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust.
The Meeting is now planning full access for disabled people, improved toilet and catering facilities and a larger communal space.
The Grade 2 listed building has been used for Quaker Meetings since 1672. Members of Almeley Wootton Meeting were among the founders of the Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania and signatories to its first constitution.
The Meeting house is one of seventeen places of worship to receive government grants through the National Churches Trust.
‘We want churches that are being put to good use, not just for congregations but also for the wider community,’ said the chair of the Trust’s Grants Committee, Nicholas Holtam, who is the Anglican bishop of Salisbury.
Almeley Wootton Meeting is part of Southern Marches Area Meeting, which includes Local Meetings on both sides of the English-Welsh border.
