March 2010

A meeting took place on February 23rd attended by:

 

Stuart Clarke - Chairman, Thorney Colts

Michael Shuster - Secretary, Thorney Colts

Michael Bowen - Chairman, Thorney FC

Keith Harris - Chairman, Thorney Running Club

Andy Harding - Secretary, Thorney Running Club

David Buddle - Chairman, Thorney Parish Council

John Bartlett - Vice Chairman, Thorney Parish Council

apologies from David Sanders - Peterborough City Councillor Thorney

 

The meeting was held to present the draft pavilion plans to Thorney Parish Council and to primarily discuss the potential for raising the estimated £350,000 required to deliver the project..

 

Thorney Parish Council have been made aware of a new facility within Peterborough City Council to help find the right funding sources and to complete the application forms and will write to them to find out more.

 

It was generally accepted, however, that the fund-raising process is tedious at the best of times, but moreso for us as we do not score very well in terms of our assessment of social need.

 

We have indications that £20,000 can be contributed by the Football Foundation, through Cambridgeshire FA, and £40,000 can be allocated from Peterborough City Council from money that has been earmarked for renovation of the existing pavilion.

 

There was agreement that we need to employ a bit of innovation to find new ways of non-traditional funding generating interest.