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Sep 07 | |
| Funding application work has continued throughout the summer – some successfully and some otherwise. The ‘biggie’ news from the Big Lottery bid is still awaited as the time of publication – are we through the first stage or not?? | We have continued to boost that application through the summer by sending in further information to support the cause. £20,000 pledged by the Youth Capital Fund has already been received along with a further £2,200 awarded to Youth Club for new equipment |
April 07 | |
As I write this little update, you will hopefully have seen some of the coverage we have managed to get in the local press acknowledging the various pledges of funding which have now started to come in for the new hall project. Since the Open Day held back in November the process on completing numerous application forms to relevant grant making trusts has been started and is moving on in earnest! To date we have secured pledges from the following:
| And an offer of practical support in the supply of paint from ICI via a local resident. This together with the £38000 set aside from local fundraising, plus £5,500 held by Occold Parish Council sees us almost at that £100,000 mark! We need to reach £390,000 to commence the main build and we are now awaiting the outcome of bids and initial approaches to:
Two bids have been submitted to the Big Lottery - one to the 'Community Buildings' programme and a second in conjunction with Occold Primary School to the 'Reaching Communities' programme. Remember your employer may well operate a Community Programme which as an employee you could apply to for support of the new village hall project - if you need any information to help you to do this please give Dawn a shout! |
January 07 | |
| Tenders have now been received from 6 Building Contractors ranging from lowest to highest by some £200K!! We are now in negotiation with one contractor to see what areas of work we can contribute ourselves as 'volunteer time' i.e. patio laying, landscaping, hedging, car park works etc to get the initial tender down. We are also looking at the heating side of the project. During December, 5 applications have been prepared and sent off to various grant funders to start the 'ball rolling' on financing the project and ORAC are grateful to Frances Bedding for her help in pointing us in the right direction with these - fingers crossed! Initial applications to the Big Lottery Fund (Community Buildings) will be made in the new year along with several others. | WHAT CAN YOU DO!!! Do you work for or have business connections with a bank of building society or a major PLC - NPower, Greene King, BT, British Sugar, Morrisons, Tescos, Solar, Felixstowe Port Authority etc? Many of these companies operate a grant making programme whereby staff can apply for small grants or match funding towards projects in their local community. Every little could help from £200 upwards and could cost you as little as a phone call or an email as an employee. If you need any further details on the project to make any such application then please get in touch with Dawn Crisp and she will forward the necessary. Any such contribution will be acknowledged as requested. |
November 06 | |
The design incorporates:
| Where we are to-date:
ORAC held an Open Day on 10th Nov which was highly successful. A financial statement (see below)was also made available. It is hoped to publish a frequently asked questions and answers shortly. |
May 06 | |
| We have been awarded £550 from Councillor Jeremy Clover's locality budget to help with the cost of fees in connection with our new hall - every little helps! Planning permission for the new hall design has been granted. We now move on to the next stage of | pulling together the tender documents to go out to contractors for pricing and also begin the process for seeking additional funding! There is some urgency in this and we hope to report progress in the next edition. |
February 06 | |
| The latest village hall plans are now with MSDC for planning approval and the regulatory yellow notice is on display. Your Parish Council is recommending acceptance and any letters of support from individuals or groups should help ensure approval. Unfortunately, our application for an Awards for All Grant (£5000) to help with some of the initial fees was unsuccessful. | However, we intend to reapply as soon as the new award year starts on 1st April. But this will mean that, in order to move the project forward, we will have to utilise some of the village hall fund which currently stands at £41,025.15. ORAC would like to thank Steve Halil for his generous assistance to Andrew Crisp in maintaining our ageing Village Hall. |
Plans
 Artist's impression |  Field layout |  Floor plan |  South elevation |  North elevation |
 East elevation |  West elevation |  Cross-section, main hall |  Cross-section, play school |
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| Forecast Costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect and design & build consultants estimate a build cost of £375,000 (say £400,000 in total including the up-front costs incurred already). This means we have locally raised/contributed a total of £51,319 (£46,319 + £5,000) or almost 13% of the total project cost. VAT exemption confirmed. This would save us £70,000 on top of that £400,000 total design and build cost. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Possible Funding Sources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Once the exact project cost is known, we will approach the following:
Unfortunately we are unable to apply for a Suffolk Environmental Trust Grant (landfill tax rebate scheme) as Occold is not within the required distance of a landfill site. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||