The final presentation at the AGM was from Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside Community Association. Hayley and Liz talked about the work that they’d being doing as volunteers in their community, and the help that they’d had from the CVS, in particular Esther and Chris from ProHelp project.
The Community Association has taken over the youth centre building, and is putting on lots of events. Hayley said that, in the 5 months since taking over, they’ve realised that the building is a side issue, it’s the support from community, taking part in activities, that is the key thing.
The association have received £20k of revenue funding, from Lottery awards for all, Local Network Fund, the Parish council, and High Peak Borough Council.
Their largest grant application is for Community Buildings fund - and they said that the process had been a roller coaster with a quick turnaround and the deadline in April, a week before Hayleys baby was due. Although the application went in before the baby was born, by the time telephone interview came…there was a baby cooing in the background!
Liz and Hayley gave a flavour of the activities taking place in the community by putting on items of clothing / equipment relevant to the activity - including netball - running - mountain biking - rock climbing - orienteering etc - during the presentation. It made a really good visual statement.
“Where do we go from here?” said Hayley “Fingers crossed for the lottery bid. The local support is tremendous - our community is where we live and where our children go to school”
