Celebrating local heritage in Wells-next-the-sea

St Nicholas Parish church in North Norfolk successfully applied to the Egmere Energy community fund to aid with renovating the Grade II listed building.

Beyond the building works, the project also aimed to offer the community an opportunity to celebrate local heritage. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) planned several interactive activities that participants would be able to take part in.

An existing relationship with Norfolk Wildlife Trust provided the opportunity to incorporate wildlife conservation and demonstrate to visitors the church’s commitment to the preservation of local flora and fauna.

The PCC collaborated with local schools and welcomed over 70 children to the church over the course of two days. Participants were able to get involved in habitat-making with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and historic building workshops were available, such as flint wall building and stone carving.

The two-day event was a huge success and well received in the community. One visitor, Alison Henry, commented “I was particularly interested to take part in the stonemasonry and flint wall building workshop. Hopefully this will raise awareness of traditional building skills. It was good to see representatives from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and the interest being shown by visitors in making hedgehog highways.”

Egmere Energy Ltd are proud to have played a small part in this unique event and look forward to this becoming an annual feature of community life in Wells.