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Break in at All Saints Church, in Highcross Street, Leicester (Image: supplied)
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Britain’s parish churches need a miracle
Far from a money-guzzling irrelevance, these places of worship are the beating hearts of our communities
23 December 2020 • 5:03pm
Covid can’t stop it. This year, as every year, the magic will descend, as people make a sometimes unfamiliar way to church, or at least pause to remember the point of it all: the birth of a baby around 2020 years ago. Although congregations won’t be allowed to belt out the words of
O Come, All Ye Faithful, because singing in church has mostly been banned, and some services have been moved online, the reflective mood brought on by Covid-19 may focus minds more on the spiritual dimension of Christmas than on the frenzy of shopping that usually precedes it.
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Suffolk Mind will be leaving Quay Place
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
The owners of a converted Ipswich church say they are continuing to work to ensure the building stays in public use.
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) which owns Quay Place in College Street was left looking for new tenants after it was announced in the summer that the building s former occupants, Suffolk Mind, would be moving out.
The Grade II-listed venue had formerly been used to host a range of mental wellbeing and heritage sessions as well as being offered up for venue hire.
The building was closed throughout the first lockdown but not long after the country moved out of initial restrictions, the charity announced it would not be reopening the site.
Suffolk Mind will be leaving Quay Place
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
The owners of a converted Ipswich church say they are continuing to work to ensure the building stays in public use.
The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) which owns Quay Place in College Street was left looking for new tenants after it was announced in the summer that the building s former occupants, Suffolk Mind, would be moving out.
The Grade II-listed venue had formerly been used to host a range of mental wellbeing and heritage sessions as well as being offered up for venue hire.
The building was closed throughout the first lockdown but not long after the country moved out of initial restrictions, the charity announced it would not be reopening the site.