People in Chase Terrace will have been saddened to see a For Sale sign go up outside the Methodist Church in Princess Street, Chase Terrace, Burntwood.

Covid and reducing numbers of members made it inevitable that the Church would close as a place of worship. However, we feel strongly that it should be retained as a community venue.

Burntwood has an acute shortage of venues for community organisations to operate from. The closure of Youth Centre at Cherry Close to make way for a new GP Surgery just makes this shortage even worse. Both organisations using that building are currently without a location to go to.

We believe it is very much needed - and valued - by local people! I am pleased to say that both Burntwood Town Council and Lichfield District Council agree and are seeking ways of securing the building for community use in to the future.

If we are to be succesful we need to demonstrate good community support for this idea. Will you sign this petition to help?