Behind the scenes plans have been gathering momentum to restore West Bay’s former Methodist Church and transform it to become the West Bay Discovery Centre. We are pleased to announce that after a formal tender process, R & C Building Read more…
If you have been recently enjoying the sea air, fish and chips or ice-creams down at West Bay you may have noticed that things are happening at West Bay Discovery Centre. We have started some preliminary building work in Read more…
One of the many aims of the Discovery Centre will be to tell the stories of past events and stories of West Bay. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of Exercise Yukon which took place in West Bay in 1942. Read more…
We’ve heard today the exciting news that our bid for funding from the Coastal Communities Lottery Fund has been successful. We’ve been awarded the funds we bid for, to restore the Chapel and adapt it into a Discovery Centre that Read more…
It’s been a while since our last update due to a huge amount of time being spent at the latter end of the year completing and revising our plan for the Coastal Community Fund bid that went in at the Read more…
We were delighted to hear this week that our bid for the funds for the Coastal Communities (Big Lottery) has passed Stage one. All the bids that have now gone through to Stage two will require a more detailed application. So Read more…
Over the last few months the steering group have been busy in producing a business case and a development bid and not least, creating a vision for the Centre. We want to create a modern and welcoming space that also Read more…
As mentioned last month work has continued inside the chapel to enable us to allow public access to the building. Thanks to work by Bridport Town Council the floor boards have now been made secure, and the walls have been retouched. Read more…
There have been lots of things going on in February at the Chapel. As has been previously mentioned the cost of the work to restore and adapt the building is substantial. We are currently working on a business plan which Read more…
