April 2026 Tabernacle Updates

Last month came the sad news that one of our strongest supporters - Kathleen Martin -

had passed away. She was well known around the town and had been involved with

the Community Bookshop, Cymdeithas Aberteifi and its companion based in

Aberaeron along with the Albion celebrations that were held just before COVID. 

JigSo and the local croquet club were other interests. She ran craft courses and was

on alert to tell neighbours of potential flooding along the Strand. As you can gather,

she was a bundle of energy which hardly dimmed even after her heart trouble of a

few years ago. The Tabernacl group will miss her contributions to our community as

will many people in the town.  

Thank you all who came to the coffee morning on Barley Saturday before the

parade. It was a good opportunity to show townspeople and visitors alike the

buildings and we were able to brief you on where we stand on vestry usage, repairs

and plans.

 We are hopeful that we can get started soon on refurbishing the outside of the

buildings. The good news is that we have a preliminary offer of a CADW grant to

cover half the price of this work and we are awaiting news of a grant to match fund

before we can get underway. 

In the meantime, we have had bookings for more uses of the vestry including adult

learning classes, community consultations, photoshoots and requests from charities

around the town who are looking for coffee morning facilities. If you are interested

using the rooms not just for a coffee morning but any reason, then please get in

touch at hwbaberteifi@gmail.com.

As ever we are looking for some expertise particularly in finance, architecture, fund

raising and legal issues. If you are interested in helping, please contact any of us or

use the email address above.