This is a copy of a newsletter published by the Wharf Marple CIC on 20 July 2022:The Wharf Warehouse is finally ours!
Dear Friends and Investors
Congratulations! The Wharf Warehouse is ours at long last!Today, we are absolutely delighted to inform you all, our fantastic Investors, that after so many months of tough, tortuous and laborious negotiations we are now the proud owners of The Wharf Warehouse!
Your team, led by Wharf Director Malcolm Allan, have worked tirelessly to secure the best contract terms and ensure best value for our investment going forward. Conveyancing is never a quick and easy process and that has proved to be doubly so when buying a Listed building with four sets of organisations involved. All’s well that ends well though and we are now raring to go with the renovations. Exciting times ahead!
CELEBRATION FIZZ INVITATION.We will shortly send out an invitation to join us in celebration of achieving our long worked for dream of saving this iconic heritage building for our community. This will likely be either August or September dependent on the availability of a local venue.
VOLUNTEERSYour investment together with the COF, HLF and McNair Trust grant funding we’ve secured, is why we’ve been able to buy the Warehouse building and now we’ll start the first construction phase of the renovations. If you have volunteered to help you will soon receive an invitation to attend our first volunteer working group meeting. If you’d like to volunteer please contact our Heritage Director, Bob Humphrey Taylor on info@thewharfmarple.co.uk.
INVESTMENT FUNDING UPDATE The Community Investment Scheme will remain open until we have raised the full amount needed to totally renovate and fit out.
See the link at the end of this notice for the direct link to our investors page on the website.
Supporters are continuing to come forward to invest in the Wharf Marple Project. The running total so far is a fantastic £200,000! This is exclusive of our grant funding awards from HLF, McNair Trust, the fundraising activities and COF and clear evidence of community support that is so vital for securing further grant funding we need to complete all the renovations and fit out.
Next steps – we are applying for the final grant funding from HLF to create the Heritage Centre as well as Sport England and other funding bodies.
We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours happily
The Wharf Marple CIC Board About The Wharf Marple CIC The Wharf Marple Community Interest Company (CIC), is a social enterprise committed to acquiring, renovating and bringing back into use the well- known former canal side warehouse for the Marple community. The CIC operates the Community Investment Scheme to raise funds for the Project.
Further informationContact Susan Ingham 07900935 835
info@thewharfmarple.co.uk
www.thewharfmarple.co.ukFacebook: @projectTWM Twitter: #Wharfmarple
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund Using money raised by the National Lottery, we Inspire, lead and resource the UK’s heritage to create positive and lasting change for people and communities, now and in the future.
www.heritagefund.org.ukFollow @HeritageFundUK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
About the COF Fund.The Community Ownership Fund is a Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities scheme providing match funding to social enterprises to enable communities to retain or take ownership of community buildings.
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