Newsletter – December 2017

Firstly, we hope you’re enjoying the festive season, and isn’t it lovely to see so many great events taking place around our village at this time of year.  At ARC, we’ve had a busy month so have lots of news to share with you: –

• Lease Update
• New Funding
• What’s Next

Lease Update

We’re making good progress in obtaining a lease for Palmers Field from Aldbourne Parish Council. Unfortunately, this does take time because of the complexities of the project and our charitable status. There are many factors that need to be considered by both ARC and the Parish Council to ensure the final lease works well for everyone concerned. The matter was discussed at the Parish Council meeting earlier this month, and we are hoping that there will be some more news to share with everyone over the next couple of months. 

New Funding

We were delighted to receive confirmation that ARC has been awarded a grant of £2000 by:

What Next?

This is very exciting indeed and it means we can now progress to the formal design stage. 

Firstly though, there’ll be a formal lease signing ceremony and the unveiling of the new ARC Noticeboard sometime over the next couple of weeks. Everyone is very welcome to come along and witness this momentous occasion, so we’ll let you know exactly where and when in another email very soon. 

The really hard work starts now, and we have already instructed the architect to draw up some initial designs for the new building that will go on Palmers Field, along with the other facilities we plan for the area. 

We will keep you fully informed with our plans every step of the way and we are aware that there are some people who are keen to help in some way and we welcome any suggestions or offers. We are certainly looking to expand our core team members so please do get in touch. 

We’ll be back in touch soon with details of the lease signing ceremony and what we’ll be doing over the next few months.

In the meantime many thanks again to all our supporters for all their continued commitment.