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The Heart of Coll's Community
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Background
In April 2009 the Lottery made a grant award of £852,329 to Development Coll for the An Cridhe project. Based on opinions expressed in the Development Plan, (ratified by the community back in 2006) Development Coll had included some proceeds from the sale of the existing hall in the overall funding package for An Cridhe.
In August 2009 the Coll Community Council ran a vote based on the electoral roll regarding the sale of the village hall. The community voted 47 to 44 against selling the hall. This was not a vote about An Cridhe, simply a vote on the sale of the hall. In September 2009, the Lottery approached Development Coll with a proposal to hold a further round of community consultation in order to “gain a better understanding of the community’s views.”
The Consultation and Results
On the 5th and 6th of November 2009 this consultation was carried out.
A summary of the report is available
in the News section, along with the
accompanying statement from the Lottery. The results demonstrate a high level of support for An Cridhe. 76.1% of respondents stated that they were either supportive or very supportive of the project and 80.7% of respondents stated that they expect to use An Cridhe.
Impact of the community decision to not sell the hall
The impact is twofold. In terms of funding, there had been £60,000 included in the original funding package. Excluding this amount, and assuming that applications pending proceed as planned (see funding update in the News Section for details), there is a current shortfall of £44,000. Development Coll is confident that we will be able to close this gap.
The second impact is that the community will soon have two community buildings. The community needs to be clear to funders and all those interested in An Cridhe that these buildings will not be in competition with each other. Development Coll is in discussion with the Community Council to obtain a letter stating the intention to apply for change of use for the Village hall, once An Cridhe is up and running.
Next Steps for Development Coll include:
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Work on the proposal the Lottery have requested to demonstrate how the An Cridhe project will achieve both the proposed funding package and ongoing viability (this relates to the existing hall not being in competition with An Cridhe). |
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Work on closing the funding gap of £44,000 |
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Timescales
The Lottery proposal will be submitted in early February 2010. We would expect to be able to start the project in Feb/March 2010. Spades in ground is expected to commence late summer 2010. |
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40% there!
We hope to be announcing another
fundraising success very soon! |
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Documents relating to
November's public meeting
are available:
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To download from
this website
(Click on the
document titles
below to open or
save) |
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Follow up workshops
on finance were held at the Island Cafe on Tuesday
10th November (10am-12 noon)
and
Wednesday 11th
November
(7.30pm-9.30pm).
No members of the public attended either.
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