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Crowd funding Glyncoch Community Centre
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Glyncoch O Glyncoch is a post war council housing estate two miles north of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff. O Glyncoch 1 is categorised as 39 th in the WIMD O Glyncoch Community Regeneration Ltd O Several projects O Community centre O Communities First Programme. O Oxfam project O Community Voice project O Partnership with People and work unit – O Build it 2 project O Chance to learn project O School Focused community project
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Community centre O 2007 – Commissioned design of new community centre - £1.2 million +
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Glyncoch Community Centre
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Funding applications O 2010 – secured in principle funding, 600K O Aggregates Levy (advised to redesign) O Community Facilities Activities programme O 2 other funders (confident £200K) O Application to lottery – for £750,000 O Successful at stage 1 application - £34,500 O SEWCED £20,000
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Funding O May 2011 O Gained planning permission – 3 phases O Phase 1 costs £0,000 O Secured £650,000 O Unsuccessful for £200,000 O Unsuccessful with lottery O Shortfall of £250,000 O Revisited design - £800,000
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Funding O Aggregates Levy Fund – committed £100,000 O Short fall of £50,000 O Continually worked at identifying alternative funding pots - O Support from Your Square Mile O Funders dubious – trusts, lottery, O Alternative funding source - Space hive
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Crowd funding O Discussion and planning with Spacehive O Marketing plan O Local fund raising – demonstrate need O Social media – constantly campaigning O Communication O Space hive O Your Square Mile O Contacts opened doors
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O “It seems you can build a new centre for the cost of a cucumber sandwich’. O #sacrifice a sandwich O Raised profile of campaign O Martha Stewart Lane O Scott Quinnell O Attracted media attention O HTV O BBC Wales O BBC Radio Cymru O S4C Stephen Fry
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Fantastic support O Local community O Pledges from across world O Private business O Moon dance (Admiral) O Tesco O Asda O Many more O Successfully raised - £792,021
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Success! O Commitment & determination to succeed O Plans in pipeline for many years O Strong working partnership O All funders O Aggregates Levy, CFAP, RCTCBC, RCT homes O Local community O Your Square Mile O Spacehive
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Community of glyncoch Online donations
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Glyncoch Community Centre
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