St Minver Community Hub Creating a more sustainable Community Hub
In these strange times we all find ourselves, in creating a sustainable asset for our community is crucial. We have taken the opportunity to step back and review our requirements with a focus on keeping the cost down as much as feasibly possible, providing the most benefit to the community within the Hub we are creating and, importantly, ensuring what we produce is sustainable and cost effective for years to come. With all the above in mind, we have looked closely at the design and rationalised what we are providing and moved the location of the Hub within the site. To support this we have made a new planning application, revised our costings to reduce the build cost by £100,000 and completely updated our website, @ www. stminvercommunityhub.org.uk , to reflect the improvements in the project. We are currently awaiting the planning application to be approved and then we have the task of working with the local community in raising the remaining required funds. The challenge for us all, is to
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raise the remaining 90% of the funds required to enable us to build this brilliant asset for the community. Can you help us. or do you know someone who can?
Financing the Community Hub Project
The first visible phase of the project is the Interim Health Hub that is now open at a total cost of just under £24,000. The various fundraising appeals, including the very successful sponsorship of John Baxter’s beard, have now raised this sum. The Doctors’ Practice is paying for the use of the Health Hub and this will cover the ongoing running costs. The revised plans for the Community Hub building not only provide for better facilities and improved location but are more cost-effective. As a result, the estimated cost for completing all phases of the project, including the Interim Health Hub, moving the football pitch, building of the Community Hub, provision of a stand-alone storage and public toilet block, removal of redundant buildings, revamping the car park and general landscaping is now £750,000. Fund raising to date has reached £74,000. Once the
revised plans achieve planning approval and the legal issues around use of the playing field have been finalised, the comprehensive project fund raising plan can be launched. It is expected that this will result in sufficient funds being raised through 2021 to commence the Community Hub build phase. Please visit: www.stminvercommunityhub. org.uk /donate to make any welcomed donations: Dave Witts Director Social Media and Football Club Representative and Trustee Keith Snelling Finance Director and Trustee
Rock Health Hub Now Fully Open
It is good to know that the hub is now fully open twice a week with a nurse led service as well as prescription collection. The lockdown has proven what a great community we have and how everyone pulls together in a time of crisis. The community hub committee saw the loss of the doctors’ surgery as a crisis and were not surprised when so many generous donations were made to provide the new clinically equipped building. We are hoping that over time we can attract other services to operate from the hub so that it can be used to its full potential. Although the hub is a great
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