At the Special General Meeting on 31 July, members of the Friends of Abingdon voted unanimously to confirm the decision to wind up the charity. They also approved the Trustees’ proposals for allocation of its assets between the two new charities, the Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust and the Friends of Abingdon Civic Society. Existing members will, if they wish, remain members of both charities, but new members will only belong to the Civic Society. Both charities have exciting plans for the future and are developing new websites which will in due course replace this one.