Newsletter – December 2018

Welcome to this month’s newsletter and especially to those of you who will be receiving this for the first time. We now have nearly 100 people on our mailing list which is great news, as it’s a really good way to keep you up to date with what we’re doing. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive it please do let us know and don’t forget that we are active on social media, so please do follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page. 

Bonfire Night

It’s great to see Palmers Field being used for events, and what a great evening the Village Bonfire Night was. Building on the success of last year the team from the Scouts did a fantastic job with a magnificent bonfire and spectacular fireworks not to mention the tasty food. Well done to all concerned – another superb event for the whole village to enjoy with the bonus of raising some very much needed funds. 

Palmers Field Update

As you’ll be aware, we have been working very hard with Aldbourne Parish Council for quite some time now, to secure a lease on Palmers Field. Although this has taken longer than we had hoped, we are pleased to say that we are very near to signing the lease. It has been agreed in principle and the solicitors are now working on the last few details, so we hope that we’ll be able to make an announcement very soon, and rest assured you’ll be the first to hear about it!  

Architects

In our last newsletter we mentioned that we have had some very productive meetings with four different architect’s practices. We have now chosen the architect we feel will deliver the best designs at the most competitive prices and are ready to instruct them to begin work on outline concepts for the proposed development. This will happen as soon as we sign the lease with the Parish Council, and again we’ll share all the details then.

In the meantime members of the core team will be visiting other projects in the area to give us a better understanding of design concepts and operating models. This research will be invaluable for us and we look forward to letting you know what we’ve learned. 

Funding

We have been very grateful for donations from people around Aldbourne and beyond; it has been a great help in getting us to this point. We’ve also been very fortunate to have received two small grants and the team is working hard on seed grants for short term and ongoing costs. The team will then be working on larger core grant funding once the lease has been signed. 

Stay in Touch
As always, if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please do get in contact with us at: info@ARC-Aldbourne.org.uk 

Thank you again to all our supporters for all their continued commitment.

Many thanks 

Malcolm Pryce, Chairman, Aldbourne Recreation Centre