Armistice Commemoration 3rd Nov 2018

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Date Posted : October 18th, 2018

POPULAR SONGS AND READINGS FROM THE GREAT WAR TO COMMEMORATE THE ARMISTICE

CITY OF WELLS ALMSHOUSES CHAPEL
6pm Saturday 3rd November 2018
You are welcome to come to a performance of songs from the days of the Great War interspersed with readings from the letters and diaries of Somerset soldiers from the front and poems written by the ”War Poets”, including Siegfried Sassoon (buried in Mells churchyard) and Wilfred Owen (killed just a few days before the Armistice). Readers will include the Right Worshipful Celia Wride, Mayor of Wells. Refreshments in the Guild Room of the Almshouses will be available from 5pm before the performance.

Entrance is free, with suggested donations.

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Originally the Almshouses in Wells were separate unincorporated trusts. In 2004 these charities were brought together and the five almshouses became one charity, the City of Wells Almshouses Trust (registered charity no: 1040554). In 2014 a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (registered charity no: 1159162) was set up and this now administers the original Trust. City of Wells Almshouses is also a registered housing association, regulated by the Charity Commission and by the Homes and Communities Agency.

The CIO is administered by a Board of Trustees. A number of the Trustees are appointed by the Chapter of Wells Cathedral and by Wells City Council. The Dean of Wells and the Mayor of Wells are both ex-officio members of the Board.

The Almshouses are managed on a day to day basis by 4 part-time staff: the Chief Executive; the Scheme Manager; the Finance Officer/Trust Secretary and the Handyman.