Welcome to the Pub In Wellington Website


Welcome to the Community Pub In Wellington Website

Official title - Community Wellington Inn (Herefordshire) Limited - CWIHL

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We have moved the banner from the pub wall to the fence adjacent to the shop car park. We are keen to let the village community know that we are still trying to get the Community Ownership Fund grant and will reapply when the next round opens in December 2021.





We had hoped to be giving good news that we had raised sufficient funds to buy the pub and had obtained the funding we requested from the government’s Community Ownership Fund. The reality is that neither is yet true. With your help we have raised an amazing £240,000, which still leaves us £60,000 short of being able to buy the pub. Our bid for £250,000 from the Community Ownership Fund has not been successful in the first round. We have learned that, of the 150 grant applications only 5 pubs were successful and only £5 million of the £150 million (3%) has been allocated! This leaves a further £145 million to bid for, and the next round is starting in December, so we will reapply. Meanwhile we are making contact with experts who have experience in this field to try to discover how we need to improve our bid to be successful next time. This is a setback, but from the experience of other community pub purchases, is far from unusual. Most take at least two years and all have hurdles to overcome along the way, so we are encouraged to persevere. The team remains positive and intends to press on. Our next steps are as follows: We will adjust our timetable in the light of this, because we may not hear about the outcome of the second round of the bid for the Community Ownership Fund until March 2022. Cheques only remain valid for 6 months, so we intend to cash the cheques we have already received in the first week of January 2022, to avoid asking for them to be written again. Shareholders funds will be ring-fenced for the purchase of the pub and associated costs. Of course our promise to return all monies remains if we are ultimately unsuccessful. Shares are still on sale and are being purchased all the time. They would make a wonderful Christmas presents for friends and family. When we are successful with our second bid for the Community Ownership Fund we will have the funds necessary to refurbish the pub. We continue to be positive and optimistic about buying the pub for the community and really appreciate your continued support.

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