We’re having an open house….sorry, open Chapel…on Saturday 12-1. So if you’ve ever been curious about what’s inside, or you’re thinking about pledging, now’s your chance! See you there.

The mercury’s rising on our fundraising thermometer – now at £87,000 with 5 days to go until our 28 June deadline. Get your pledges in!

As of Friday 20 June, our village pledges have topped £75,000! That’s almost two-thirds of the way to our target for community pledges, which will need to be supplemented by donations, grants and other support… 

High Five to our Chair Tom, who appeared on That’s Oxfordshire today, and explained the reaction of Freeland residents to the opportunity to buy The Chapel!

The campaign to buy our Chapel was back in the Oxford Mail on Tuesday 17 June….

More than 50 village residents turned up to a meeting on Monday 16 June to hear further details on the plans to buy The Chapel. Benefit Society chair Tom Harden answered questions around the business… 

We’re holding a village update meeting on Monday 16 June at the Village Hall – 7.30 to 9pm. There, we will share the results of the village questionnaire, outline our vision for The Chapel, share… 

We’re delighted to launch our Pledge opportunity. We need to raise £120,000 from the community before 28 June to underpin our bid to buy The Chapel. Download the Business Plan, then once you’re happy with… 

Please fill it in if you haven’t already. Find it at www.surveymonkey.com/r/savethechurch.

The Freeland Community Benefit Society is back with a bang! We have a new, re-invigorated committee hard at work forming a business plan and compiling pledge packs. Our first press release since the chapel came…