Dawn and Lesley pulled out the stops for the first high tea event!
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Easter Fayre, share offer, logo and more
The Easter Fayre took place on Saturday 31 March. Apart from Dawn and Lesley’s table, there were several other craft and gist tables, plus a table supporting the village Queen’s Jubilee event. The shop committee took £148 on the day, which means that our current balance from stands at just over £2000. We had a … Continue reading »
Buckland Brewer Community Shop scoops Big Lottery grant
A Big Lottery Fund grant of over £24,000 has been awarded to a project to open a community owned and operated village store in Buckland Brewer. The proposed Buckland Brewer Community Shop will offer good quality food and other products with a focus on local produce and great customer service. It will located in the … Continue reading »
Share prospectus launched
The Buckland Brewer Community Shop Limited share prospectus (pdf 396 kB – opens in new window) Application to buy shares (pdf 11 kB – opens in new window) 31 March marks the start of our share issue to give you a chance to take a stake in your local shop. Although most of the funding to get … Continue reading »
The “High Tea Club”
From our fundraising pair, Dawn and Lesley, who bring you the monthly mini-market: ‘Afternoon High Tea’ for the retired in the community who would like the opportunity to meet and enjoy a bite to eat, a cup of tea and a chance to chat with friends. This will be held on the last Wednesday of … Continue reading »
A bit of a publicity kick
Our project features in the latest edition of The Local, the monthly magazine of Village SOS. This is a great boost to our efforts and shows we’re getting interest. Thanks to Max Klatt and Andrea Leary who coordinated the article and photos.
Sending out an SOS
Reblogged from Allotment 5½: To Birmingham city centre, to talk about … villages. Village SOS you may know from the BBC tv series. Ten communities received Big Lottery funding of £300,000 or more each to help deliver community projects to rejuvenate villages across the country. Big Lottery has now rolled out Village SOS into a … Continue reading »
Vox pops from VSOS conference
Vox pops from Village SOS national conference in Birmingham. It was a very inspirational day and I’ll add a short summary of the main points in a few days.
Village SOS national conference 2012
I’m representing the shop committee at the Village SOS national conference in Birmingham on Monday 27 February. The conference is designed to share best practice, advice and experiences. It’s also a great opportunity to network and learn how other villages have taken forward community projects. It’s going to be a busy day, but I’ll do my best to put together a short … Continue reading »
Visit to Ashwater Village Shop
Five members of the management committee visited Ashwater Village Shop on Friday 10 February 2012. On the off chance, Pete also stopped by Ide Community Shop on his way. However the shop was closed. Ashwater is a village about the same size as Buckland Brewer. It is about 8 miles from Holsworthy and Launceston. Halwill … Continue reading »
