Grant Application Details
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Project
St Johns Hall Refurbishment |
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Organisation
Bishopstrow and Boreham Parochial Church Council |
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Grant Type
Community Area Grant |
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Summary
St John's Hall is, under normal circumstances, extensively used by a wide variety of clubs, charities and exercises classes, for all people of all ages in the local community. This usually generates about £10,000 a year in income and covers staff and running costs. In 2020-21 this income has reduced to just under £3,500. The Hall is run by a committee and has just appointed a new Hall Manager. I have recently taken over as Treasurer and one of my priority tasks, with the newly appointed Manager, has been to review the condition and safety of the Hall. We have completed the review and it has shown that there is some serious repair, refurbishment and redecoration required in the Hall. All the following tasks need to be completed as soon as possible (and as the Hall is currently not in use due to Covid, we have a plan to complete the works before the Hall re-opens in, hopefully, June). The following needs to be done (by separate independent, local tradespeople): • Re-roofing of leaking storerooms/garages (£4,030 - expensive due to asbestos roofing sheets needing specialised disposal); • Renewing of non-compliant kitchen and main hall lights (£1,615); • Re-pointing of east wall to stop major damp problem (£1,100); • Repair of main front door, skirting boards, floorboards, and total redecoration of front door, main hall and kitchen (£2,187). • Total cost: £8,932. None of the suppliers are VAT registered. This grant application requests financial support for the above tasks. |
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Amount Requested
£3866.00 |
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Funding Approved
£3866.00 |
Community Themes
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Community Benefits
The St John's Hall is used by a wide variety of groups, including Pilates, Yoga, Boreham Lunch Club (for the elderly), the WI, Talking Newspapers, Flers Twinning Association, the Warminster Bridge Club, CookyKids, the Blind and partially Sighted Club, Warminster Brass Band, music lessons and St John's Primary School. Most of these are charitable use and we set our hire costs at levels which allow charities to do their good work at minimal cost. Hence we have little financial reserves. We charge a more commercial fee for "business" use (such as Yoga and Pilates), despite these also offering a benefit to the local community. Once the Hall is refurbished, we hope it will attract more private use (birthday parties, etc), through which we can generate more income to support the hall. |