£500 charity grant kick-starts residents’ plans to buy Norfolk pub
Residents in Swanton Abbott want to buy the village pub, the Jolly Farmers, and run it for the community. Picture: Sonya Duncan - Credit: Sonya Duncan
A fundraising campaign to buy a village pub for the community has been kick-started with a £500 charity grant.
The Jolly Farmers in Swanton Abbott. Picture: Richard Dixon - Credit: Archant
Residents aim to buy Swanton Abbott's only pub, the Jolly Farmers, but need to raise about £250,000 in just six months.
Power to Change, a charity that supports community businesses, has awarded a £500 seed fund grant to the fundraising campaign.
Gill Kimmerling, clerk to Swanton Abbott Parish Council, said: 'It's a great boost to our confidence to receive this grant, even before we have set up our organisation.
'We have a second meeting on January 8 to set up a steering group to start fundraising.'
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The pub has been registered with North Norfolk District Council as an asset of community value.
Current landlord and owner Les Christman did not wish to comment.
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