The Penn Club to close

Club established in 1920 with funds left over from the Friends Ambulance Unit to close due to Covid impact

by Rebecca Hardy 5th February 2021

The historic Quaker-founded Penn Club is closing just months after celebrations for its centenary birthday were cancelled. In a statement on its website, the Penn Club board wrote that: ‘The Club in its present situation is unsustainable and must cease business from the end of March this year. After deep and careful discernment, the decision to close was made with very heavy hearts. Despite working tirelessly since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic to negotiate a sustainable plan, the Board must now conclude that the business is untenable.’