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Crowd fundingGlyncoch Community Centre
Glyncoch
O Glyncoch is a post war council housing estate two miles north of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
O Glyncoch 1 is categorised as 39th in the WIMD
O Glyncoch Community Regeneration Ltd
O Several projectsO Community centre
O Communities First Programme.
O Oxfam project
O Community Voice project
O Partnership with People and work unit –
O Build it 2 project
O Chance to learn project
O School Focused community project
Community centre
O 2007 – Commissioned design of new
community centre - £1.2 million +
Glyncoch Community Centre
Funding applications
O 2010 – secured in principle funding, 600K
O Aggregates Levy (advised to redesign)
O Community Facilities Activities programme
O 2 other funders (confident £200K)
O Application to lottery –for £750,000
O Successful at stage 1 application - £34,500
O SEWCED £20,000
Funding
O May 2011
O Gained planning permission – 3 phases
O Phase 1 costs £0,000
O Secured £650,000
O Unsuccessful for £200,000
O Unsuccessful with lottery
O Shortfall of £250,000
O Revisited design - £800,000
Funding
O Aggregates Levy Fund – committed
£100,000
O Short fall of £50,000
O Continually worked at identifying alternative
funding pots -
O Support from Your Square Mile
O Funders dubious – trusts, lottery,
O Alternative funding source - Space hive
Crowd funding
O Discussion and planning with Spacehive
O Marketing plan
O Local fund raising – demonstrate need
O Social media – constantly campaigning
O Communication
O Space hive
O Your Square Mile
O Contacts opened doors
O “It seems you can build a new centre for the cost of a cucumber sandwich’.
O #sacrifice a sandwichO Raised profile of
campaign
O Martha Stewart Lane
O Scott Quinnell
O Attracted media attention O HTV
O BBC Wales
O BBC Radio Cymru
O S4C
Stephen Fry
Success!
O Commitment & determination to succeed
O Plans in pipeline for many years
O Strong working partnership
O All funders
O Aggregates Levy, CFAP, RCTCBC, RCT homes
O Local community
O Your Square Mile
O Spacehive
Community of glyncoch
Online donations
Glyncoch Community Centre