November Steering Group Meeting

This steering group will be for TRA committee, Source Partnership, Regen team and steering group members to discuss the use of unit C as a community facility along with the group who are proposed to be renting the space as a hybrid rent paying charity/community facility.

Agenda

Unit C Business Planning/visioning exercise

Wed 13^th November at 7.00 p.m.

Unit C, Murrain Road

Session with TRA, Hackney Showroom, Ron (LBH) and RSG members

7.00                 Introductions

7.10                 What do each of us want to get/need from the space at Unit C?

5 mins each from Emley, Ron and Nina/Sam to list out what they envisage/aspire to use Unit C for

7.25                 What are the barriers to achieving these aspirations?

(Could be the physical space, volunteer time, staff time, Council requirements, finance)

7.35                 What does each party offer in terms of resources to help overcome these barriers/realise their ambitions?

(time, enthusiasm, connections, ability to lever in funding, p(P)olitical backing???)

7.45                 How can some of these be resources be pooled or what can we work on together to help meet objectives?

(Practically, how can we work together?)

7.55                 Timescales. What are any externally driven timescales/deadlines?

(Funding deadlines? LBH need to start to show some community use of the space? Development programme?)

8.05                 Costs. Where are the main areas for expenditure?

(Division of the space, employing someone to run the centre, revenue expend. that has to be met….)

8.15                 Income. Opportunities to generate income?

(What grant finding opportunities are available? Other sources? Crowdfunding?)

8.25                 Actions; individuals and something that can be formed into an action plan?

8.30/8.35        Finish

This is a closed meeting for those who have applied to be part of the newly formed steering group. It is mandatory to have attended the steering group training provided by Source. The steering group comprises of residents from both the old and new blocks and provides resident input into the next stage of new build and refurbishment of Kings Crescent.

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