Well, here we are in 2024, appreciate it has been publicly quiet through Christmas and the start of the year, that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy though. Lets have a quick look at whats going on shall we?
Following on from our session on the 19th December, we have closed out a few of our open actions:
The behind the scenes stuff
We have a signed constitution in place so we can now act as an official steering committee and get our bank account open, this also allows us to progress our fundraising efforts
We have added Alex Hailstones to the committee, more announcements to come on the remaining members in next weeks update.
The bit where we ask you to do stuff (again)
Added a quick feedback questionnaire to the site, this is for us to gather feedback and consultation evidence for our membership application to the Plunkett foundation as well as for our application to the local authority for financial support for the fundraising activities, we will be out and about this weekend doing some good old fashioned clipboarding asking for you to answers a few questions for this very purpose, as we know some of you won’t be in or don’t live in the immediate locale, we will also be plonking a feedback box with some forms in the Wharf as well, naturally you can fill this in online here.
Newsletters
Those of you that got this update via email will also have noticed that you are getting our newsletter, this is a weekly thing that we will send out after our committee meetings (typically Wednesday evenings), if you are reading this on the website or Facebook, then get yourself added via the newsletter subscription form on our the site here, so you can keep up to date on what we are up to.
Engagement
As a pat on the back for all of you that are getting behind us, here are some stats that might make you smile. Since the launch of the save the Wharf on the 6th December we have had the following:
72 individual email enquiries
37 pledges of support
Financial pledges totalling £74,600
All down to you lot, pretty impressive for such a short space of time.
Next up……..
Onwards with getting the business plan in shape so we can move to the next stage of buying the pub with all you lovely people. As always thank you for your continued support, we will see you soon at the next open meeting (will advertise it soon).