Update – December 2017

New support for our work

We are in line for another grant, courtesy of the Town Council, who kindly donated £1000 to help us kick-start the work. The fund will be available from April 2018, but it is nice to know it is coming. Other grants in the pipeline are on hold at present, the Co-op’s Community Fund is currently closed to applications until the next round, and we are continuing to work with the Big Lottery Fund to progress a grant application.

We are in contact with County Councillor Ken Stow, who has offered assistance in obtaining aggregate for the base of the proposed storage unit. After hearing that we are a voluntary community group, a company that supplies storage units are looking at sourcing an ex hire unit at a cheaper price.

Work on site over the winter

Whilst the colder weather prevails, we are postponing working sessions in the cemetery until the ground has thawed out and is safer to work on. We will look at holding an indoor meeting indoors to discuss the records and registration of graves and plan the next phase of work. If you would like to attend and learn more about the cemetery project please contact us at lenbren@talktalk.net or edgraham01@sky.com.

Interest in the cemetery continues and Len is currently in discussion with a USA resident whose ancestors hail from West Wylam, and has family buried in the cemetery