Community Engagement Coordinator appointed
With the addition of the new Activities Space, and staff and volunteer training, the vision is to make The George More Than […]
Pub Games Night
Work on the George restoration is now well underway – let’s celebrate Join us for a fun evening of traditional pub games, […]
July 14th update
The George Community Pub launches its You are all invited to join the George Community Pub 200 Club and help our ‘Gilding the Building’ […]
July Update
News Headlines – July 5th We’ve done it! The National Lottery Heritage Fund have been in touch to say that we have […]
April 26th update
The fight to save the pub continues Anyone listening to Radio Suffolk this morning would have heard about Ipswich Town’s fantastic win […]
April update
April update – more funding secured but there’s still a gap Two weeks ago we explained that, having provisionally secured full funding […]
March update
March update – Higher Costs but a Fantastic New Grant In our Christmas message we reported that invitations to tender had been sent […]
Christmas message from the George Team
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you from The George Management Team! It’s been a whole year since we were […]
Heritage Art Exhibition at the George
New date set for the opening of the exhibition – 1st October at 10am During the summer term Wickham Market Primary School […]
Share Update
We have just had a very encouraging Progress Meeting with The National Lottery Heritage Fund – our major funders. Although we have […]
Bring out the Brains!
George Quiz Night, 22 July 2022 Shunning the rival minor attraction of Latitude, over seventy quizzers filled Wickham Market Village Hall on […]
Project Update – June 2022
Following Permission to Start (PTS) by the Heritage Fund on 23rd February, the Professional Team were mobilised and started a 16-week period […]
Share offer deadline extended
The George Management Team have been delighted with the response received from our share offer to date. Share investments received are approaching […]
Celebration Party 11th March
A great party night was held in the Village Hall on 11th March in celebration of the National Heritage Fund Grant Award. […]
Second Share issue now underway with big incentives
Following our exciting grant award of £988,200 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, restoration of the historic George Pub is now within […]
New User Group is being established
Thankyou to everyone who volunteered to become a member of the George User Group. Everyone who has volunteered is being welcomed to […]
Request for people to join a new user group
Join The George User Group and play a vital part in how The George Pub will look and feel. We have been […]
Good news – an early Christmas present for Wickham Market!
We are fantastically pleased to announce that our application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a Heritage Enterprise Delivery Phase Grant has […]
Summer news update
Following our successful planning application we want to clarify the type of pub The George will be, what makes a community pub […]
Remember the date – 29th June – the day we got planning permission
What a day! Remember this date the 29th June 2021. England beat Germany in the Euro’s but the biggest winners were here […]
Planning application submitted to ESC and now awaiting decision
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 […]
Report submitted to Wickham Market Annual Parish Meeting
April 2021 Report on The George project presented at the Annual Parish Meeting The George Management Committee were pleased to be invited […]
Suffolk County Councillor shows his support for the George
There has been much support for the George Community Pub in Wickham Market but none more so than from Alexander Nicoll our […]
The results of our e-survey of last year
In April 2020 we decided to carry out a survey of what people wanted in terms of food offerings, beer choices, how […]
Pledge Campaign Launched
We are almost there – just one last push! We are within reach of being able to restore Wickham Market’s historic George […]
Christmas Card Survey – the results are in
How would you like to see your pub? The results of the Christmas Card questionnaire are in, including colour preferences for the […]
A Christmas Card from The George to the people of Wickham
A Christmas Card designed by George Hering and Bill Wolff-Evans from our team, was distributed to all households in Wickham Market prior […]
Key consultants join the project team. Hedgehog found hibernating in fireplace!
Good progress has been made recently with appointments of key consultants to the project team including an Acoustician, Structural Engineer, Mechanical & […]
A big thank you to Heritage Fund, National Lottery Players, and our many other supporters
A post on our FB page today to say thankyou Huge thanks to Heritage Fund, National Lottery players, our supporters, shareholders, and […]
EADT Article – Oct 2020
Exciting plans for fire-hit Suffolk pub spelled out, seven years after blaze Click here to read the article in the EADT of […]
Update – September 2020
September 2020 – Concept Designs have been completed An important milestone has been achieved with the completion of the Concept Designs for […]
Update – June 2020
Annual Progress Report A year of adjustment, celebration and key appointments – not forgetting a virus! Despite everything the year saw major […]
The George presses on.
The George presses on We hope that all our friends and supporters are keeping well and safe. Although the current circumstances have […]
Greenwood Projects appointed as Project Managers for the Project
An inaugural meeting was held between the Management Committee and the Greenwood Projects team on the 24th February and work has now […]
Project gets the Green Light from Heritage Lottery Fund
The Management Committee would firstly like to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We are very pleased to […]
Come along to our celebration party on 26th October in Village Hall
We are pleased to announce that our MP, Dr Dan Poulter, will be at the Party on the 26th and will be […]
Latest News – September 2019
By George, we’ve got it! We are fantastically pleased to announce that our application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a […]
New National Lottery Heritage Fund application submitted
After many hours of hard work by Committee members, we submitted our new Heritage Enterprise application, for the major part of funds […]
Latest News – April 2019
We’re going again! The result of the recent ballot of shareholders was an overwhelming yes to apply again to the National Lottery […]
Latest News – November 2018
As most of you will be aware The George Community Pub (Wickham Market) Ltd now own the Grade11 listed George Pub and […]
Latest News – Oct 2018
In September we received news from the Heritage Lottery Fund that our grant application for funding had been unsuccessful. We will now […]
Purchase of the George brings new hope
You may have noticed that work to tidy up and make secure the site of the Grade 11 listed George Pub has […]
Management Committee initiates option to buy the George.
On the 30 July the George Management Committee initiated our option to buy the George Pub from the current owner. The date […]
It’s official – we’re on our way!
The threshold of £100k which enables us to purchase the pub has now been reached and we are well on our way […]
SAVING THE GEORGE – NOW OR NEVER
The Share Offer remains open but the decision to buy the pub or abandon the project must be made no later than […]
IMPORTANT SHARE INFORMATION
IMPORTANT SHARE INFORMATION We are pleased to inform you that we are now over halfway to reaching our minimum share target of […]
Pop up Pub 2nd June at 7pm in Village Hall
Please join us for our Pop up Pub on 2nd June with guest speaker Bernard Lee. See details below
Share launch on 12th May – EADT article
Please see rhe EADT article about the share launch on 12th May which was a huge success. Great publicity for the project.
Share launch event – 12th May
SHARE LAUNCH SATURDAY 12 MAY 2018 on the Hill. Please join us for 20 minutes at midday, Saturday 12 May on the […]
George architects help win £653,000 Heritage Lottery grant for Harwich Electric Cinema
It has been announced in the EADT that Nicholas Jacob Architects, who have prepared the conceptual designs for the new George based […]
Share Offer Document and Business Plan win national Standard Mark recognition
One of the reasons why the share offer has been unavoidably delayed has been that Committee members Bill, Colin, George, Mike and […]
28 April Pop up Pub and Karaoke.
Come join us in the Village Hall for the next Pop Up Pub on April 28th when we are thrilled to be […]
Share Issue Launch delayed
The launch date for The George share issue has been delayed until after Easter. We’re really sorry about this but it is […]
Architectural Heritage Fund supports The George
The vital last funding to enable us to launch our share issue and prepare our application for the major grant from the […]
Public meeting held on 10th February.
More than 130 local residents attended a presentation held by the George Community Pub team on the afternoon of Saturday 10th February. […]
George Quiz night – Friday 23rd March
The George Quiz Night Gather your team, and join us on Friday 23rd March in Wickham Market Village Hall. 6.30pm for 7pm […]
Public Meeting on 10th February
Do you want answers to the following questions? Can we buy the Pub, and if so what will we be paying? Can […]