A Brief History

On October 17th  2012 a public meeting was held in the church in response to the announcement that it was being closed at the end of 2012. Closure would result in no
further services being held and redundancy procedures starting. This decision had been reached because of the lack of attendance at regular services, resulting in a lack
of revenue and a poor state of repair of the church including large cracks in the tower.


Several people in the village were upset by this announcement and took it upon themselves to call a meeting to talk through any options before we lost this important
building and public space. We do not have a village hall so this is our only community building.


Homersfield Community Project was born and registered as a charity with the aim of organising events and raising money to keep the building open, repair it and improve it so that it could be used for both religious and secular purposes.


Events have been held such as film nights, bingo, quizzes, afternoon teas, scrap metal collection and a car boot sale.


With the money raised from these events, plus some donations and a couple of small grants received, HCP have installed new heating and lighting in the church, repaired the broken windows and replaced the gate (dedicated to David Cobbald). £3000 was granted to the Parochial Church Council to help towards the repairs of the roof and tower. We were so excited when we heard that the Parochial Church Council had raised enough funding to do the repairs (Feb 2022).


Covid and having two of our trustees move away has curtailed our efforts in recent times, but we are proud of our success so far. By working alongside the Parochial
Church Council, we have been able to keep the building for the community to use. There is so much more that could be done to make it a better space for everyone (e.g., a toilet and removal of the back pews to create a more usable community space), so if you want to help, or wish to hold an event in the church, please get in touch.


Lucy Hammond (Mrs)
Secretary - Homersfield Community Project, Mill Cottage, Homersfield, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 0ET
Tel 01986 788600 Email lucyhammond600@gmail.com

 

Join Our Committee

 

  • Making a regular donation - standing order forms are in the church or contact Lucy Hammond
  • Make a one-off donation (cheques payable to Homersfield Community Project) and send c/o Mill Cottage, Homersfield, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 0ET.
  • Offering any sort of help with events, fundraising, etc.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions.

Thank you for your interest.

Lucy Hammond (Mrs)
Secretary - Homersfield Community Project, Mill Cottage, Homersfield, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 0ET
Tel 01986 788600 Email lucyhammond600@gmail.com