Crowd funding Glyncoch Community Centre. Glyncoch O Glyncoch is a post war council housing estate...

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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 projects

O Community centreO Communities First Programme. O Oxfam projectO Community Voice projectO Partnership with People and work unit –

O Build it 2 project O Chance to learn projectO School Focused community project

Community centre O 2007 – Commissioned design of new

community centre - £1.2 million +

Glyncoch Community Centre

Funding applicationsO 2010 – secured in

principle funding, 600KO Aggregates Levy

(advised to redesign)O Community Facilities

Activities programmeO 2 other funders

(confident £200K)

O Application to lottery – for £750,000 O Successful at stage 1

application - £34,500O SEWCED £20,000

Funding O May 2011

O Gained planning permission – 3 phasesO Phase 1 costs £0,000

O Secured £650,000O Unsuccessful for £200,000O Unsuccessful with lottery

O Shortfall of £250,000O Revisited design - £800,000

Funding O Aggregates Levy Fund – committed

£100,000O Short fall of £50,000O 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

SpacehiveO Marketing plan

O Local fund raising – demonstrate needO Social media – constantly

campaigningO 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

campaignO Martha Stewart LaneO Scott Quinnell

O Attracted media attention O HTVO BBC WalesO BBC Radio CymruO S4C

Stephen Fry

Fantastic supportO Local community O Pledges from

across world O Private business

O Moon dance (Admiral)

O TescoO AsdaO Many more

O Successfully raised -£792,021

Success!O Commitment & determination to

succeed O Plans in pipeline for many years

O Strong working partnershipO All funders

O Aggregates Levy, CFAP, RCTCBC, RCT homes

O Local communityO Your Square MileO Spacehive

Community of glyncoch

Online donations

Glyncoch Community Centre

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