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SPAB Maintenance Cooperative Project
Maintenance Co-operatives
Project
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Project Aims
• Sustainable network of
volunteers
• Training, support and
resources
• Effective preventative
maintenance at local places
of worship
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Project Background
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However …• Church heritage hugely under-resourced
• High turnover of volunteers
• Very little practical training for new volunteers
• Volunteers feel isolated and unsupported
• Volunteers would like to be able to exchange ideas and swap experiences with others
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£907,400 HLF grant towards a total project cost of £1,202,050
The project will build capacity at community level in five target areas:
• Lincolnshire
• Cumbria,
• North East
• Worcestershire/ Herefordshire
• South West
Maintenance Co-operatives
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What is a Co-operative?
The purpose of a Co-operative is to come together as a group of volunteers to share and nurture the expertise of it’s members, so that they can support each other in maintaining their local places of worship
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Structure
VolunteerCo-ordinator
Co-op Volunteers
Co-opLiaison
Officer(s)
PoW Liaison Officer
PoW Liaison Officer
PoW Liaison Officer
PoW Liaison Officer
PoW Liaison Officer
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Goals
• 5 Co-operatives set up over the next 3 years
• Regional Training Programme & Events
• Local Training Programmes & Events
• Get more people involved in caring for their local heritage
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Outcomes and Legacy• Volunteers confidently maintaining local places of worship
• On-line and printed Resources
• Annual Conference
• Best Practice Template
• Co-operatives continue to work together after the end of the project
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How to get involved
• Talk to each other• Join the mailing list• Arrange a meeting• Get in touch
Stella Jackson
07776 156274
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Free lunch on Saturday?
• Caistor Town Hall (Arts Centre)
• 10am – 4pm
• Free Training session
• Free lunch!
• Book via our website
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Questions?Comments?
Training Session Ideas?
Please let me know what you think!
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