There’s an opportunity to look round the new houses this Friday, 18th Feb.,from 1.30. til 3.3o. All welcome.
Author Archives: Jim
Dates for Landfest 2011 confirmed
February 15, 2011 – 2:14 pm
Great News. Landfest is happening again in 2011. Dates :Thursday June 9th, evening, Friday June 10th, evening, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, both lunchtime onwards. Venue :The Vaults Entertainment :Bands, singers, DJs. A mix of local talent and great acts from further afield. Younger players and older ones, ska, indie,dance, dub, rock, jazz and everything. [...]
Construction Has Begun
January 13, 2011 – 5:28 pm
Here are some pictures taken today, 13/01/11. What a fantastic achievement by all concerned. A small community faces an affordable housing crisis, so it gets organised and builds 2 small affordable houses. I couldn’t begin to estimate the dedication of voluntary time that’s gone into getting this off the ground,(and it is , literally, “off [...]
Other News Updates
January 13, 2011 – 5:15 pm
At our recent AGM, 2 new directors were elected to the Board. Welcome to Stuart Phillips and Tim Phillips (no relation!). Latest Membership, 185 members. Great stuff! Still need more, though! Big thankyou to all who helped selling food for the Land Trust at the recent celebration for the Three Tuns Brewery. The sales raised [...]
LANDFEST SUCCESS !
June 15, 2010 – 3:58 pm
Congratulations to all who took part in Landfest in any way. The event itself raised £2,280, which is a terrific result. Since Landfest, another £5,125 of shares have been bought by supporters impressed by the community’s commitment to the aims of the CLT. These funds will go into the building project behind the Kings Head. [...]
FUND-RAISING SUCCESS!
April 3, 2010 – 3:22 pm
Capital Grant for Kings Head scheme. Great news! We’ve obtained £80,000 of capital funding towards the cost of building our first two houses on the site between the King’s Head and the Auction Yard. The Homes and Communities Agency, the UK Government’s social housing provider, has found £50,000 for us, and Shropshire Council has [...]
Progress Report
February 19, 2010 – 3:50 pm
The Co-operative Fund recently asked us to report on the work which their grant is helping us carry out. Here is the report. (Although it is called the “Final Report”, it is required at the stage before the final quarter’s money is paid. The work we intend to get done over the whole lifetime of [...]
100th Share Certificate Awarded
December 14, 2009 – 10:34 pm
At a barbeque on the newly cleared Kings Head site, Jim Gaffney presented the 100th share certificate in the Bishops Castle Community Land Trust to Tim Phillips. By 14/12/09 the number of members had reached 120.