We’ve Got Our Planning Permission

We’ve got our planning permission to develop the hut – the City Planning Committee agreed it unanimously.  Now we just need to secure the money.

There is loads to do between now and when we start to build and the Work Stream leads who are running the project are going to be doing a great deal over the next few weeks to tackle this.  This includes things like:

  • Tree assessments
  • Pathway closures
  • HCC funding securing
  • Lease changes
  • Legal discussions
  • Exec agreement
  • Scout Association Loan agreement
  • Contract agreement with builders
  • Lead times for all the above
  • Fundraising events
  • Bid writing
  • Seeking donations
  • Organisation of our big summer event
  • Dismantling of the inside of the hut
  • Clearing out the stores

These are in no particular order but all need volunteers to do the work.  If any parents can help, or put us in touch with anyone who can help, then that would be great.

Our Scouting programme plans remain unchanged.  We plan to shut the hut up at the beginning of May.  We will then have one week to dismantle the inside ready for builders to start w/c 12th May.

A massive thank you to everybody who’ve worked so hard to get this far yet the hard work is about to start –  “many hands make light work”.

A BIG THANK YOU!!

We have managed to identify several companies to approach for money – thank you to those parents who have put  us in touch with organisations.  The leads are of invaluable help to the campaign and each extra company we hear about takes us potentially a step further towards our goal.

Please let us know if your employer or a supplier or any other company you know might be able to help.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a small donation or a large fund – everything will help.

Over the next few weeks we will approachZurich, Boots,Santander, Barclays, Lloyds and TSB – it would be especially helpful to know if any of you work for one of these companies.

Do you know a Lawyer?

We plan to use a lawyer to support us in our commitments and contracts that we will soon embark on.  Some we are required to pay for, but there is some lawyer / solicitor work that may best be done by a volunteer.  It all saves money.

Do you know anyone who might be willing to offer a few hours help in late March / Early April?  Please ask them and put them in touch with Dave Kesby 07932 121446 / 01962 620351

The BIG EVENT

Please come along on Tuesday evening, 8.15pm in the hut to hear all about the plans so far for our BIG sponsored event which will really put our fundraising campaign on the map!  The event will be fun, exciting for everyone and has already attracted the attention of our local MP!

Join the Bigger and Better Team!

Join the Bigger and Better Team!

Help Make it happen!

We need two key volunteers – could one of them be you?

FUNDRAISING: Can you spare three hours per week to help write fundraising bids?  There are loads of opportunities to apply for funds but we need some help, otherwise we will start to miss out on money.  Please contact either Dave Kesby (david@kesbyco.com) or Fiona Harwood (Fiona.harwood@talktalk.net).

EVENT MANAGEMENT:  There is a BIG sponsored fundraising event planned for July.  We need someone to organise it!  This is going to be a really fun event with lots of logistics to sort out.  You will, of course, have support from the rest of the team. Please contact Dave Kesby (david@kesbyco.com).

Project News (28 Feb)

The project team is working hard to deal with issues that have arisen with our planning application.  There is currently a risk that these issues will affect the outcome of the application but hopefully they can be resolved.