LOVER COMMUNITY TRUST
AGM CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
7[TH] NOV. 2022
Dear Members and Friends
It was almost 10 years ago that we decided, as a village community to acquire our redundant primary school in order to bring it back to life as a centre of activity to serve all those that live in the wider locality. Much has been achieved from those beginnings and we can all be proud of what we have achieved over the intervening period.
We have been held back, but not defeated, by both foreseen and unforeseen circumstances. We did foresee that available funds would always determine the speed of refurbishment but we have proceeded far quicker than we thought possible. The unforeseen circumstances of the pandemic and now the economic crisis, present challenges but we are working hard to face up to them.
We have made huge changes to the building and now have planning permission to create a new entrance and toilet facilities, which when finished, will allow us to fully open to the use of all facilities. Plans will be on view at the AGM for you to view. We also have retrospective jobs to do in reducing sound reverberation in the Valentine Room. When it is all completed the organisation of a full and lively community programme will start in earnest. To achieve it the Trust is going to need an Events Group charged with the responsibility of coming up with ideas and facilitating their implementation. The Trust is looking for people that would be interested in helping with that task. CAN YOU HELP ?
Recently the Trust formally submitted a report to the Parish Council outlining the increasing problem of village parking that results from events at their Redlynch Village Hall, The old School, Lover Green and St Mary’s church. The report ( which is available on our website ) sought to get the Parish Council to merely begin the discussion by
convening a meeting to start the discussion to which all the relevant agencies would be invited. However, the Parish Council chose not to do that so the matter will now be left for other statutory agencies to deal with as they see fit.
As those of you who attended last year’s AGM will be aware, our policy has been not to allow parking on Lover Green except in extremely limited circumstances such as for stallholders setting up for the Lover Fayre, where we can control what happens. However, as a result of feedback from the community and following a recommendation from the Lover Green sub-Committee we are now looking into a strictly weather dependant scheme to provide parking for funerals. This is also dependent on a having procedures in place to ensure that parking is adequately supervised and that our concerns regarding safety to the public (especially children) and damage to the Green are addressed. Provided that this can be agreed with the relevant organisations, we should be in a position to approve a proposal at our next meeting in December.
Each year the Board expresses its thanks to all the volunteers that do so much in assisting our work and, of course, this year is no exception. We are truly lucky to have such wonderful support from the community. We avoid mentioning people by name as there are so many but it includes:
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The Darlings and Cupids on the Valentine Post and Darling Café
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Painters| and cleaners
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Architect/building group
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Technology backup
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Public Relations Group
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Neighbours
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Members
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.Lover Green Committee
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Lover Community Trust Board and Office Bearers.
I would particularly like to mention all the members of the Trust for their great show of faith in the developing project.
We were pleased to welcome a new Chair of the Lover Green Committee this year, Alison Clarke and she has also joined the Trustees.
The Trust Board is well aware of the length of time the project is taking to get to completion but almost all the Members have stuck with us. We are looking forward to the time when we are running a lively and all embracing programme for the community we serve.
Thank you all for you continuing patience and support.
Nick Gibbs
Chair Lover Community Trust
Plans will be on display at the AGM for you to view
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