We are fantastically pleased to announce that our application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a Heritage Enterprise Delivery Phase Grant has been approved. Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the country’s National Lottery players, a grant of £988,200 will provide the largest part of the funds required to allow us to reconstruct […]
Following our successful planning application we want to clarify the type of pub The George will be, what makes a community pub and the anticipated dates for building works and pub launch. We are currently finalising our presentation to The Lottery Heritage Fund for second round funding which will be submitted later in August. We […]
What a day! Remember this date the 29th June 2021. England beat Germany in the Euro’s but the biggest winners were here in Suffolk where East Suffolk Council unanimously granted planning permission for the restoration of the Wickham Market Grade II listed George Community Pub. This is a significant milestone towards the opening of the […]
The George Community Pub planning application (DC/21/1942/FUL and DC/21/1943/LBC) was submitted to East Suffolk Council on 21st April with comments on the application invited by 2nd June. We are currently awaiting the outcome of the Council’s planning decision which is expected by end June. Fingers crossed!! Many thanks to everyone who submitted comments in support […]
April 2021 Report on The George project presented at the Annual Parish Meeting The George Management Committee were pleased to be invited to submit a report for the Wickham Market Annual Parish meeting which was held on 12th April. The report summarises the objectives of the project and what we hope to achieve. It also […]
There has been much support for the George Community Pub in Wickham Market but none more so than from Alexander Nicoll our County Council representative. Alexander has supported many community projects in Suffolk and for ‘Saving the George’ he has always been willing to stand up and promote our message through the media and other […]
In April 2020 we decided to carry out a survey of what people wanted in terms of food offerings, beer choices, how often people eat out, what activities they wanted to see in the pub, whether they wanted a micro brewery, etc. Because of Covid 19 restrictions we were limited to doing the survey on […]
We are almost there – just one last push! We are within reach of being able to restore Wickham Market’s historic George Inn into a wonderful, welcoming pub, restaurant and community space. To achieve this we need to ask for your support in the form of a pledge (see Pledge form below) The National Lottery […]
How would you like to see your pub? The results of the Christmas Card questionnaire are in, including colour preferences for the building and options for the front garden, cycles and wood fired pizza oven. Alongside these questions there were many other comments all of which are summarised in this report. Thanks to everyone who took […]