Ashley Green playground, wellbeing and coffee shop
Please SUPPORT us.
As a community we need to raise £70,000 in order deliver the playground, wellbeing facility and coffee shop. We understand this is a huge challenge!
We are in the process of applying for additional grants such as National Lottery funding. However, to achieve our goal we also need to raise funds through the community.
We are embarking on a community fitness challenge where we wish to try to collectively run, walk or cycle cover the 11 566 miles from Ashley Green to Pocos de Caldas in Brazil and back again Pocos de Caldas is where the coffee beans that are going to be served in the coffee shop originate from to fundraise for the project.
The intention is to start this challenge on 1st March 2021. It will run until 30th April 2021.
History & the Vision
In June 2019 Chiltern District Council invited Town and Parish Council applications for local community project grant funding .
For a project to receive grant funding, it had to meet certain criteria Our Parish Council applied to fund a project that would benefit the whole village
The current Ashley Green Village Playground was built in 2004 by Alby Russell It is now unsafe and in need of significant investment. When the storeroom was added to the rear of the Memorial Hall in 2013 external double doors were incorporated. The vision was to one day provide an external terrace, linking the Memorial Hall to the playground and The Glebe.
Our Parish Council submitted a robust and detailed application for a new Outdoor Wellbeing Facility that would benefit the entire Ashley Green community. In October 2019 they were informed, to their delight, that they had received £32,000 as a contribution to the facility. This was the highest award to any applicant in the process.
In August 2020 a group of villagers formed a committee to drive the project forward. They agreed that Ashley Green would not only benefit from an outdoor wellbeing facility with gym equipment, but also a new playground and coffee shop. The coffee shop will focus on offering high quality coffee and snacks from a kiosk outlet. The terrace and Memorial Hall will then be able to offer a much improved space to host small events, classes and parties.
We are all tremendously excited about this opportunity to reinvigorate our village centre By providing a community hub that will offer benefits to all ages, we hope to create a natural meeting place for villagers. Our vision is for this to be a space where villagers of all ages congregate for coffee and snacks, bring children to a state of the art safe playground and partake in exercise.
The Parish Council has now submitted a planning application They hope to expedite the programme to build the playground, terrace and coffee shop over the coming months, with a target opening of 1 st June 2021.
To achieve this ambitious target, we need to raise funds additional to the grant and generous donations that have already been received. Further information on this can be found in the fund raising section of this newsletter. All villagers also have the opportunity to partake in an exciting community challenge to help raise the required funds.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Along with the normal GoFundMe donation you have the exciting opportunity to sponsor an individual piece of playground or adult gym equipment.
If you wish to contribute in this way, please contact [email redacted].uk by 30th April to find out which items are available to sponsor. To recognise your generosity, a plaque with your name will be added to the equipment you sponsor.
Also, we will offer the opportunity for sponsors, who donate more the £500, to be recognised on a thank you plaque once the playground is finished. Please contact Catherine on [email redacted].uk if you would like to have your sponsorship formally recognised on the thank you plaque.
As a community we need to raise £70,000 in order deliver the playground, wellbeing facility and coffee shop. We understand this is a huge challenge!
We are in the process of applying for additional grants such as National Lottery funding. However, to achieve our goal we also need to raise funds through the community.
We are embarking on a community fitness challenge where we wish to try to collectively run, walk or cycle cover the 11 566 miles from Ashley Green to Pocos de Caldas in Brazil and back again Pocos de Caldas is where the coffee beans that are going to be served in the coffee shop originate from to fundraise for the project.
The intention is to start this challenge on 1st March 2021. It will run until 30th April 2021.
History & the Vision
In June 2019 Chiltern District Council invited Town and Parish Council applications for local community project grant funding .
For a project to receive grant funding, it had to meet certain criteria Our Parish Council applied to fund a project that would benefit the whole village
The current Ashley Green Village Playground was built in 2004 by Alby Russell It is now unsafe and in need of significant investment. When the storeroom was added to the rear of the Memorial Hall in 2013 external double doors were incorporated. The vision was to one day provide an external terrace, linking the Memorial Hall to the playground and The Glebe.
Our Parish Council submitted a robust and detailed application for a new Outdoor Wellbeing Facility that would benefit the entire Ashley Green community. In October 2019 they were informed, to their delight, that they had received £32,000 as a contribution to the facility. This was the highest award to any applicant in the process.
In August 2020 a group of villagers formed a committee to drive the project forward. They agreed that Ashley Green would not only benefit from an outdoor wellbeing facility with gym equipment, but also a new playground and coffee shop. The coffee shop will focus on offering high quality coffee and snacks from a kiosk outlet. The terrace and Memorial Hall will then be able to offer a much improved space to host small events, classes and parties.
We are all tremendously excited about this opportunity to reinvigorate our village centre By providing a community hub that will offer benefits to all ages, we hope to create a natural meeting place for villagers. Our vision is for this to be a space where villagers of all ages congregate for coffee and snacks, bring children to a state of the art safe playground and partake in exercise.
The Parish Council has now submitted a planning application They hope to expedite the programme to build the playground, terrace and coffee shop over the coming months, with a target opening of 1 st June 2021.
To achieve this ambitious target, we need to raise funds additional to the grant and generous donations that have already been received. Further information on this can be found in the fund raising section of this newsletter. All villagers also have the opportunity to partake in an exciting community challenge to help raise the required funds.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Along with the normal GoFundMe donation you have the exciting opportunity to sponsor an individual piece of playground or adult gym equipment.
If you wish to contribute in this way, please contact [email redacted].uk by 30th April to find out which items are available to sponsor. To recognise your generosity, a plaque with your name will be added to the equipment you sponsor.
Also, we will offer the opportunity for sponsors, who donate more the £500, to be recognised on a thank you plaque once the playground is finished. Please contact Catherine on [email redacted].uk if you would like to have your sponsorship formally recognised on the thank you plaque.
Fundraising team (11)
Robert Youngs
Organizer
ASHLEY GREEN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Registered nonprofit
Donations eligible for Gift Aid.
Paul Bradley
Team member
Geoff Cullingham
Team member
Catherine Fleet
Team member
Terriellen Holmes
Team member
