UK: Installing Wi-Fi to make churches the center of communities?

UK: Installing Wi-Fi to make churches the center of communities?

Andrew Lloyd Webber says the government is looking at ways to help churches become the center of communities again, writes The Guardian.

Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to get every church in the country on Wi-Fi. Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images

The composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has urged churches across the country to be fitted with Wi-Fi in a bid to make them a more integral part of the community. Lloyd Webber, who sits as a Conservative member in the House of Lords, indicated that discussions over installing internet for the general public at churches have already taken place with the government.

He told the Mail on Sunday magazine Event: “I want to get every church in the country on Wi-Fi. Once you do that, the church becomes the centre of the community again. They should go back to the medieval traditions, which is that the nave of the church is always used for local businesses.”

Asked who would fund the project, he said: “Well, I am going to get involved, but the government have indicated that they would pay for the idea of putting the Wi-Fi in.”

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