Dear
members, friends, colleagues
On
February 6th 11.25am we submitted our bid for Bridgend Farmhouse to the City of Edinburgh Council.
We have been working together on this for
over three years now, and are very proud of all the incredible effort
that has been put in to get us to this stage. We presented the bid at
our AGM on Sunday 2nd February and all were pleased and impressed by
it and the hoards of supporting evidence – we had to go and get an
additional large envelope to put everything in. Thankyou to everyone
who has contributed and helped towards this.
The
next couple of months are crucial however and we need your continued
support.
We
are looking to establish ourselves as community benefit society and
have a community share issue to own the farmhouse. Please see this link for more info about what a community benefit society is. If you would be
willing and interested to give any amount (between £25 and £20'000)
to become a co-owner of the farmhouse please download and return this form asap.
This would help significantly towards the acquisition of the
farmhouse and future community development around it. If you are
interested in a large investment please get in touch.
We
have also produced our second film. It documents a range of
participatory design workshops carried out over the last few months.
Check it out here:
After
being awarded two grants we are currently recruiting a part-time
community development project worker for 6 months. This will be to
develop and pilot activities that could happen in and around the
farmhouse, and further engage people in the design of potential
services there. More information available here. If you are
interested in applying, or know anyone that might be please get in
contact and we can send out the application form
Minutes
of our most recent AGM (Sunday 2nd
Feb) can be viewed here
Our
next meeting is on Friday
28th
February 5.30pm.
If you would like to attend please let us know.
And,
Bridgend Potato Day on Sunday 23rd
11-2pm. Come along!
Please,
spread the word, get involved, show your support, and become a
co-owner of the farmhouse too. More information and a petition on our
website too: www.bridgendfarmhouse.org.uk
We
look forward to seeing you soon
BIG
Committee
