buckland brewer community shop
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Presentation to annual parish meeting 30 May 2012
Buckland Brewer Community Shop
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WhoWhatWhyWhereHowWhen
Who?
Committee members at Ashwater
Who
Management committee
Dawn Adams
Barnaby Brown
Beverley Cheeseman-Maund (Treasurer)
Eric Dymond
Janet Few
Beverly Maggs (Secretary)
Peter McClymont (Chair)
Jacqui Watson
Lesley Wilson
Why
Outside public meeting on PO closure, June 2008
Why
After Peter Couchman, Plunkett CEO
Why
Social
Economic
Environmental
Our community can sustain a village shop
If we don't do it ourselves, then no one else will
More than a shop; this is part of our community
What
Community owned and operated village shop
Fresh, chilled, tinned and dry produce
Newspapers, magazines
Stationery
Locally produced where possible
What
Offer what the supermarkets cannot
Service by and for you
Responding to local needs
Catchment area: Buckland and beyond
Keeping money in the community
Complementing Babbs'
Shopping, service and socialising
Reducing food miles
What
Welcombe Community Shop
What
Welcombe Community Shop
What
Ashwater Village Shop
Where
Vestry exterior, Buckland Brewer Methodist Church
Where
Vestry interior, Buckland Brewer Methodist Church
How
“Legal entity”
Business plan
Fundraising
Planning permission
Lease
How
Legal entity: Industrial and Provident Society
Mutual society
Members: one vote
Management committee, voted by members
Shares: £10 each
Can own more than one share
“...for the benefit of the community...”
Source: Plunkett Foundation
Only 11 out of284 shops havefailed in the last 20 years
Source: Plunkett Foundation
How
Funding
Capital startup costs: £22,500Grants: Village SOS, parish council, Bridge Trust etc
(£12,500)
Loans: CCD, third sector banks (£2000)
Share offer (£6000)
Other fundraising (£2000)
Building costs (£40k) – Methodist Church
How
Share sale
Target £6000 by end June 2012
£1820 to date
63 members
Every £10 vital
How
Operations
Volunteer run
Grant funded part-time manager (Year 1 only)
6 days a week, 40 hours +/-
£3.75 per customer
60-70 customers a day
Price competitive
When
July 2012
Planning permission, shop funding secured
August/September
Building funds secured
September/October
Building works
October
Shop opens
What next?
We need:
Volunteers
Another 150 member/sharholders
Volunteers
£4000 in share sales
Volunteers
Your continued support
Volunteers
ThanksMethodist Church
Parish council
Village school
Cllr Alison Boyle
Geoffrey Cox MP
Community Council of Devon
Plunkett Foundation
Village SOS
Torridge DC
Ashwater Village Shop
Welcombe Community Shop
You!
Albert Einstein in 1921, public domain photo
Questions?
Did I forget to mention?
We need volunteers!
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