The Portway Annexe Community Group (PACG) is a group of organisations local to Wells, Somerset, who have come together in response to the sale of a building of historical and community significance – the Portway Annexe building. We are working closely with Wells City Council (WCC) to safeguard it for on-going community use and we want to involve as much of the community as possible through community consultations.
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News and Updates
Most recent News and updates from PACG here
April 2021
- Press release 15/04/2
- Updated PACG ideas and vision presentation
March 2021
- Wells City Council has appointed members to the council’s Portway Annexe Committee who will develop the strategy and purpose for the Portway Annexe building, they will also discuss the role of the Portway Annexe Community Group and local residents. We look forward to being invited to share our research and to support their efforts.
- We shared a potential solution for the future-use of the building informed by local research and our discussions with local organisations and community members.
- The PACG is also developing its own Core Purpose, Objectives and Governance and will share once finalised
- On the 4th of March 2021 The Wells City Council voted to purchase the Portway Annexe subject to a survey, contract etc.Details of that meeting can be found here:
https://www.wells.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Minutes_2021/Extra_CityCouncil_Minutes_2021_03_04.pdf
January 2021
- First meeting of Wells City Council newly formed Acquisitions Working Group is due to take place to discuss the strategy for assets and next steps of the council’s Portway Annexe purchase bid.
December 2020
- The PACG emailed the Acquisitions Working Group to express our support for their important role in supporting the community, we asked for more understanding of the WCC strategy, whether they would ‘hold’ the Community Needs, Space and Service Provisions Analysis as set-out in our proposal and we suggested to kick start the joint community consultation in-line with the 8 step programme (also in our proposal) as soon as possible
- The PACG drafted a proposal for the buildings future use incorporating ideas and suggestions from the community survey, and presented this to Wells City Council full meeting on December 17th. At the same meeting WCC formed voted to form an ‘Acquisitions Working Group’ that will take a strategic view of the WCC assets (inc. the Portway Annexe)
- WCC invited PACG to partner for joint-community consultation early in 2021
- Asset of Community Value status awarded.
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About Us
The Portway Annexe Community Group is made up of representatives of local organisations including;
Wells Coronavirus Network, Society of Disabled Artists, Project Factory CIC, Connect Centre, Mendip Credit Union, The Lawrence Centre, Wells Civic Society, Dementia Action Alliance, Women of Wells, Wells Vineyard Church and Foodbank, Sustainable Wells
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