{"id":12,"date":"2024-06-19T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsofwells.rbot.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:05:52","slug":"council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/about\/council\/","title":{"rendered":"Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block_6d99af2e27b03b450f8b4789f6ffee8b class=\"inner-page-banner align\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/council-header-banner.jpeg) \">\n  <div class=\"container content-container text-center d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center\">\n    <h1 class=\"text-white\">\n      Friends&#8217; Council\n    <\/h1>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section data-block_bc255a2ea157fd21ca76ad1ff20607e1 class=\"full-width-content align\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 text-start\">\n                <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Friends&#8217; Council is the executive body responsible for the management of the Friends of Wells Cathedral. It is made up of three officers elected at an Annual General Meeting (Chairman, Treasurer and Membership Secretary), two nominees of the Cathedral Chapter and up to seven members elected at Annual General Meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <div>\n                            <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section data-block_4bc0ed717556941aa13be6d17136fdc2 class=\"double-column-content align\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row h-100\">\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 bg-blue-400\">\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 bg-blue-100\">\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-between\">\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 bg-blue-400 content-container text-colour-gold\">\n          <h3 class=\"text-gold text-center\">Council members for 2025 \/ 6<\/h3>\n          <p><span class=\"s1\">Mr Arnold Wills, Chairman<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mrs Anne Paul, Treasurer<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ms Maureen Boylan, Elected Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Revd Canon Dr Megan Daffern, Chapter Nominee<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr Paul Dickinson, Elected\u00a0 Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr Stan Gibby, Elected Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Revd Doris Goddard, Elected Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr David Morgan-Hewitt, Chapter Nominee<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr John Parsons, Elected Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr Richard Wynn-Jones, Elected Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Vacancy<\/li>\n<li>Vacancy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 bg-blue-100 content-container text-colour-blue-400\">\n          <h3 class=\"text-blue-400 text-center\">Council Structure<\/h3>\n          <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Council meetings are attended by the Friends&#8217; Secretary, <a href=\"mailto:secretary@wellsfriends.org\">Mr William Newton Newey<\/a>, who is also Editor of Friends Publications with Mrs Rose Longden-Phillips. The Secretary is also responsible for the Friends&#8217; Office, the administration of the Friends and the running of the Friends with the Treasurer and support from the Membership Support Officer, Mrs Jill Robinson<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Rt Revd Dr Michael Beasley is Patron of the Friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Very Revd Toby Wright is President of the Friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr Robert Dunning, Lady Gass, Mrs Annie Maw and Mr Robin Duijs are Vice-Presidents of the Friends.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section data-block_d14e2fdb3d60487840ad8f75f521c9ae class=\"membership-rates align bg-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 text-center\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-blue-400\">Membership rates<\/h2>\n        <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The current subscription rates are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row mb-3\">\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 text-center text-white\">\n          <div class=\"bg-blue-400 type-container h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-between\">\n            <div>\n              <h3 class=\"display-6\">Membership Application<\/h3>\n            <p>Minimum Subscriptions<br \/>\n\u00a325 per annum &#8211; single<br \/>\n\u00a335 per annum &#8211; joint<\/p>\n<p>You will be asked to specify a subscription amount as part of the online form.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                          <div>\n            <a class=\"btn btn-outline-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/become-a-member\/\" target=\"\">\n              Apply Now\n            <\/a><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 text-center text-white\">\n          <div class=\"bg-blue-600 type-container h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-between\">\n            <div>\n              <h3 class=\"display-6\"><\/h3>\n            <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Friends-Lapel-Badge-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Friends-Lapel-Badge-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Friends-Lapel-Badge-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Friends-Lapel-Badge-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Friends-Lapel-Badge.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 text-center text-white\">\n          <div class=\"bg-blue-800 type-container h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-between\">\n            <div>\n              <h3 class=\"display-6\">Lifetime Memberships<\/h3>\n            <p>Are available upon request.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                          <div>\n            <a class=\"btn btn-outline-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/contact\/\" target=\"\">\n              Enquire Now\n            <\/a><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 text-center\">\n        <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Friends of Wells Cathedral is a registered charity \u2013 Registered Charity Number 208797<\/span><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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