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Partnership Work
• Will mentioned Bridgend Allotment Community Health
Inclusion Project and the need to support them in whatever Will to attend BACHIP/BGC
ways possible as close partners and as an amazing project. general meeting soon
• The group agreed to look to ways to support BGC through
our own projects and other ones as much as possible and to
try to maintain strong ties with them for a symbiotic
relationship.
• Mention was made of the original Cooper Cromar feasibility Will to send on to Jade
study carried out by Bridgend Allotment Community Health
Inclusion Project and why that was inappropriate and what
we have learnt from that and how we have developed from
that.
Funding
• Caz provided some feedback on her visit to The Gathering Jade to send on to anyone
and the workshops she attended on funding. She has written interested.
up what she found out which is available for anyone if they
wish.
• She emphasised the importance of assessing and analysing
statistical reports in finding out and demonstrating the needs
and reasons for the design and development.
• Caz also mentioned the Funding Fair on April 28th at
Westburn Primary school and recommended someone attend
on our behalf.
• Will presented a first draft for Investing in Ideas lottery
grant. The contact was agreed however there were some
discussions over what we would be best to apply for money
for.
• It was suggested that quite a bit of community engagement
and consultation has already taken place and we are Will to go back and adapt some of
beginning to know what sorts of use for the building would the figures and content of what we
are asking for
be, but we need assistance and development in working out
Who will use, when, what exactly for, and how that will
sustain itself.
• It was agreed we need to develop a strong and sustainable
business place, identifying the social and financial
opportunities with the funding.
• It was also felt that there is a pool of dedicated volunteers
and that rather than passing too much over to consultants we
should find ways of using the money to support and develop
the current volunteer work and possibilities further.
• The objectives of the funding would then be to; identify the
core purpose, show what this would enable, how it would
sustain itself, and encourage active volunteer involvement to
develop into that.
• Chris emphasised the importance of having it as multi-
purpose and creating use in the evenings as well, such as
international meal events.
• We also discussed how we need to look further into Social Will to see if anyone can help us
Return on Investment and how we can identify that and with this
include that in our business plan.
• Jade suggested we need to start narrowing down the ideas
and clarify more concisely what the specific use and function
will be.
Will to send on and others to add
• Will also presented a list of funding possibilities he has put to if they can fill out an
together for different aspects, and introduced smaller grants application or know any other
for community engagement projects around the farmhouse as relevant ones
part of the development process.
• Caz also mentioned the Make a Splash! Application she has
been looking into for an art project to create a evolving
monument for members to contribute to and help create.
• She will be attending a conference about this to look into it
further and also start speaking with other groups thinking
about what might be possible and most appropriate. Will and Caz to find out if there is
• Caz had recently met with Mark Carr from Craigmillar anywhere we could possibly put a
Community Arts to discuss collaboration on this. He is sculpture or create a public
currently very busy but has a sculpture he is willing to donate community artwork near the
if we can somewhere we can place it and a way to transport farmhouse
it.
• We discussed the need to quickly start fund raising to pay for
the Environ Report and begin cash flow to strengthen the Start to contact musicians,
possibility of the campaign. Brief discussion was made of the performers, organisations for
fundraising ceilidh, now moved to the end of April or raffle prizes etc
beginning of May. More to be discussed next time.
• The need to look into adding a donation button and Anna looking into website
possibility on our website and through a mailing list, and the possibilities
possibility of a 'justgiveit' or of a pledgebank.
Steering Group:
• A reminder to update Will on the amount of volunteer hours
put in each week. Anyone interested to let Will
• We mentioned the need to encourage more people to get know.
involved again.
• Training in governance and structure to be run for all
interested to help us decide on best legal status. Date to be Will to present info on
arranged at next meeting, for one evening in April. Development Trust at next
• Will mentioned the possibility of forming ourselves as a meeting and discuss together
Development Trust. Chris suggested we are already one just
not by name. We will discuss further next time if we want to
take on this name and apply to be a member.