Expectations were low as these events have come in for a lot of criticism in the past. The council were offering £10,000 in total for our area - sounds a lot right ? They had £30,000 worth of applications. Knowing all the hoops that have to be jumped and thinking we wouldn't win, we decided that it would be good for us to attend the event anyway to raise our profile within the community.
There were 18 entrants - we decided that the bowling club were our competition, they appeared to have mobilised most of their members - and didn't do a bad job at trying to sign us up as new members !
Our table definitely had the most impact - we were so proud !
Oooo you can never miss an opportunity to gather more email addresses for our monthly newsletter mailing list ... managed to add another 14 names :)
The results were finally announced and we were absolutely astonished and shocked to hear that we came second ! We got the whole amount that we'd requested - fantastic. We are so grateful to everyone who supported us and voted for us. The groups who won were: Bishops' House, Heeley & District Allotments (us !!), Heeley Voice or Advice, Heeley City Farm, the bowling club (they get their bad weather shelter) and the wildlife group
The Council wanted an interview with the winning groups, so after a bit of arm twisting we managed to persuade Jo to represent us.
and here's the evidence ! Cheque in the post LOL
Congrats. What are you going to do with the money?
ReplyDeleteInteresting way of awarding funding!
It's our centenary next year so it is being used for some community events promoting growing & wildlife :) Gonna be lots of work :)
ReplyDeleteHey Ducky! Talk about movers and shakers!!!
ReplyDeleteWell done! Hope that you enjoy your events.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff; really well done, and richly deserved if that stall is anything to go by!
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