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TupsleyVoice
Issue 61 Spring 2016
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Desolate Whitehouse Pub on Whittern Way soon to come alive?
Whitehouse Community Centre Refurburishment to Begin Soon Report by Keith Davenport, Tupsley Whitehouse Project Team Chairman and a North Tupsley resident. I am taking this opportunity to update you on progress being made with regard to the Whitehouse Community Centre.
refurbishment and occupancy issues of the Whitehouse Community Centre and is run as a partnership of local residents and St Paul’s Church Parochial Church Council.
Last July an application was made by the Tupsley Whitehouse Project to the Hereford City Council Development Committee for release of money previously promised to the project. The application was successful and £5,000 was released to the Project Team to enable it to look towards starting some community activity. A great deal of work has been undertaken by the Project Team and has resulted in the following:-
Objectives Achieved
Tupsley Whitehouse Project Tupsley Whitehouse Project have as their prime objective to use the existing Whitehouse Building as a shop front to advertise the fact that an active community hub exists; albeit currently not fully functioning. Tupsley Whitehouse Project is the name of the managing body for fund raising,
1: Tupsley Whitehouse Project, a limited liability company, has completed the application process to The Charities Commission for Charity Status. 2: On the first Monday of each month the Project Team hold its board meeting at the Whitehouse Community Centre. 3: On the second Monday of each month a Whitehouse Community afternoon tea is held at St Paul’s Church, where all are welcome whether from Tupsley or other areas. 33 to 35 people regularly attend. The event proved so successful that a Christmas Dinner was arranged and held at the Rose and Crown. 45 local residents attended. 4: A decision has been made by the Tupsley Whitehouse Project to attempt a face lift of the
existing Whitehouse Property using volunteer labour and donated materials. The first area for upgrading is the conversion of the offlicence area into a multifunction room. This objective has been successful in encouraging a number of additional volunteers to provide help in the redecoration process. 5: Each Wednesday afternoon this room is open to everyone and welcomed with a drink and a biscuit. A representative of the Project Team is always available to update them on the progress of the project. 6: Also, as a direct result Shirley’s Wheels (a Department of Transport backed initiative to encourage local ladies to take to their bicycles) have requested that they be given the opportunity to establish their activities at the Whitehouse Community Centre. The Project Team have agreed to this request so Shirley’s Wheels will have a presence in the building on the 1st and 2nd Saturday mornings of each month. Concluded on page 3
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