Updates & Next Steps

Here are some headlines and things that Save The Bell Inn Group (STBIG) are working on already:

• We have already reached out to the developer again in the hope of respectfully and amicably discussing the future of our pub.

• We are continuing to develop plans to make community ownership of the pub a reality. How the pub would be run, funded and organised, etc. We will share information on this in due course, including at another public meeting which we will set up and at which you can ask questions of us, in person.

• We are working with key supporters such as the Plunkett Foundation, CAMRA and Campaign for Pubs, who have helped facilitate many successful community pub ventures.

• We will continue to engage with Cherwell District Council, our Ward Councillors, MP, and others on the more 'official' side.

• We will formalise STBIG, to create a not-for-profit legal entity.

• STBIG volunteers have so far self-funded the relatively modest cost of our campaign. It’s possible/ likely that we will at some point need  professional advice and services and we will also therefore be doing some shorter-term campaign fundraising for those who would like and are able to donate (no amount is too small!) to help save The Bell! 

Please do get in touch if you have any questions, or if you have skills or contacts who you believe could help push our campaign forward. Keep updated by regularly checking this website, Instagram, Facebook and the village notice boards.