Rhoose Community Hub Fundraiser
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL DONOR'S NAMES WILL BE ENTERED INTO OUR BOOK OF THANKS. If you don't wish to have your name included, please include a note, or opt to be make an anonymous donation. Thank you!
Update 25th April 2022:
We're continuing our fundraising efforts with a Rhoose Charity Bake Off on Sat 21st May at 2pm. Please see our Facebook page for more details. All proceeds split 50/50 with DEC Ukraine appeal and the Hub@StPeter's. If you are paying your entry fee, please ensure you include a note to state this so we can reconcile payments. Thank you for all your support!
Update March 22:
The building is open!!!! Thank you to all who have donated so far, we are so grateful! We continue to need to fundraise to cover costs as detailed below.
The target is overall target for the hub and has been updated following all your amazing in-person donations on Sat 26th July at our sponsor a tile event! Thank you so much to all our donors so far!
We need to raise the remainder to ensure that the community hub is a welcoming space, built to ensure that ongoing maintenance costs can be minimised and to cover the remaining costs of internal final touches/ decorating for the hub. All funding for the build has been secured via applications for grants from various bodies. We appreciate any donation amount, no matter how small.
What is the Rhoose Community Hub?
The Rhoose Community Hub is the most ambitious community project proposed for Rhoose in over a decade. Located right in the heart of the village, on Station Road, opposite Spar and next to St Peter's church. It will be a community space open during the day, 7 days a week. It will be run by the community, for the community as a place where everyone is welcome to drop in. It will be a meeting place, a cafe, a space for local groups to run activities, courses, classes, meetings, exhibitions and events.
Why are we doing this?
Loneliness and isolation are some of the unspoken blights of modern life. Many groups such as the elderly, parents with young children or people who are primary carers for infirmed members of their own family are crying out for opportunities to get out of the house and mix with other people for support or sometimes, just conversation. Importantly, without the need to spend money – especially if it is tight.
Back in 2016 Vale Rural Communities did a mapping exercise in Rhoose and one of their core findings was that the village lacked a hub or community space to meet this need. Specifically, somewhere which is open through the day where people can drop in, have a cuppa and a chat, but also with enough space for small groups to be able to utilise it for specific activities and meetings.
Since then, no other body has stepped up to actually fill this void. We did a survey of our own (asking over 100 people) and discovered that both amongst our own congregation and in the wider community, a lot of people felt that the village needed some kind of “community hub”.
As the church already owned a plot of land in such a great central location in the village it seemed a great thing for us to get involved with. It is important to emphasize however, that even though the church is driving this, it is not a church project. It is a community project. For everyone.