Greetings,
My name is Dr Ras Shawn Naphtali-Sobers
and I'm the administrator of the 'House of His Majesty' website that
you left a statement at, in support of keeping Fairfield House open in
according to the wishes of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
I. I want to thank you hugely for your statement, your voices have
been heard! The support this cause has received from all over the
world has been over-whelming.
Please see below the latest update on
the house, following a meeting yesterday with the council. It is good
news, though the hard work is now to begin, with finding or setting up
a Trust to support the running of the property.
Blessed Love, and I will update you
on the next stages in due course. If you have any queries or know
about working with Trusts, please contact Pauline Swaby-Wallace at the
details below.
One Love, Give Thanks.
House of His
Majesty
UPDATE ON FAIRFIELD HOUSE - 15.12.11
Following the meeting held on
Wednesday 14 December 2011 with the leader of Bath & North East
Somerset, with representation from local councillors, commissioners of
older people services, members of the Save the Fairfield House group
who represent the Ethiopian and Rastafarian communities, BEMSCA who
runs a day service in the house and community supports.
The opening statement by the leader
of the council was that Fairfield House was an important bequest to
the people of Bath and an important pilgrimage site for people who
visited, and for those reasons the council has put a stop to the sale
of the house.
The future of the house is to set up a trust to restore it and make it
into a community hub. It was shared that the ground is concentrated
and this enables it to be use as a venue for the services which is
current done by the Rastafarian and Ethiopian gatherings. Also it
should be a place for community to meet in a hub for the day centre,
celebrations, to incorporate a museum in the building and for it to be
supported by the tourist board and included on its buildings of
interest for heritage visits.
We see this as a long term project,
as the initial setting up will be to address the repair to the
building, raising funds for sustainability, a trustee board.
We would like to thank all of you who
have supported us to this stage, your messages of support have
definitely been heard. We will keep you updated in the next stages of
this work, for a trust to support the running of the property.
With thanks,
Pauline Swaby-Wallace
Project Co-ordinator
Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association
(BEMSCA)
Fairfield House
2 Kelston Road
Bath BA1 3QJ
Tel: 01225 464165
Email: bemsca@openworld.com
Website: Bath Ethnic Minority
Senior Citizens Association
