Save The Parish - Cornwall

Save The Parish Cornwall's Andrew Lane (tongue firmly in cheek) puts forward a few ideas on what could constructively be done following the Archbishop of Canterbury's announcement that  £3.6 billion was to be pumped into rural parishes to help them survive .  Inspired by Truro's  Diocesan Secretary Simon Cade's recent letter to the people of Cornwall  which dashed any such hopes, Andrew picked up his pen and dared to dream....... Regarding the new funding from the Archbishops et al, I note that it is going to be directed towards projects . These projects must reach ‘the young and poor .....better representing the communities we serve’ , must aid in ‘transition to lower carbon...........making a step change in social justice’ and will bolster general safeguarding. I here propose a novel project suitable for many rural communities. First form a group of people dedicated to the spiritual health of their parish. Let’s call it a Parish Committee. Seek to acquire an unoccupie

 Residents in Merrymeet, east Cornwall, are keeping up the fight to save St Mary's Church, which is threatened with closure by the Diocese of Truro as this article in the latest edition of the Cornish Times explains. They say - rightly - that their forebears contributed funds to build the church.  The current inhabitants of Merrymeet believe their concerns should be heard. Not something that is happening at the moment.