An update on the Stayin’ Alive campaign
It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update. Rest assured, we’ve been busy pulling together plans for Stayin’ Alive and moving forward to nail down our agreement with the Co-op – so we can take the project forward using your generous pledges. Since early January we have been:
Ryebank Fields Update
Chorlton CLT has been invited, along with other community groups, to make written representations about Ryebank Fields to landowner MMU’s Board of Governors which meets in March. We have decided not to write in at this point. We don’t want our position to interpreted as simply being “pro development” and in opposition to groups who […]
Great News. We’ve been given a Lifeline by The Co-op
We are delighted by The Co-op’s decision, communicated this week, to give us 6 months to develop our bid and ensure that we can meet their requirements. This includes working alongside a commercial partner, paying £2.2m for the building and ensuring that the redevelopment benefits the community. Come to our public meeting on Thursday 30th […]
A Sad Tale of a Community Led Development and Frustrated Plans to Revitalise a High Street
Here’s the full story of our bid to save the former Gaumont Cinema for the community. Come to our public meeting on 30th January 2020 at Oswald Rd School to find out next steps. We have a large former cinema building in the heart of our high street in Chorlton. It has sat there for […]
Stayin’ Alive – Co-op rejects community-led bid
Dear Supporters, It is with great disappointment that I am writing to let everyone who supported the Stayin’ Alive campaign know that the Co-op has rejected our community-led bid to save the old picture house in Chorlton. Representatives of Chorlton Community Land Trust met with the Co-op this week. We were told that their Board […]
Ryebank Fields: To Build or not to Build?
Ryebank Fields are a part of my life. For the last decade, I have run, picked blackberries, played with my son and walked my dog there. I have watched as the oaks have grown and the aspen grove has spread. Arriving today to find brambles cleared, a new steel gate, men in high vis jackets […]
Conversations Autumn 2019
Chorlton Community Land Trust delivered 7 conversation workshops for members between September and November 2019. All took place in Chorlton Library on a range of days and times. 37 people attended across all the sessions and their contributions were much appreciated. These are the notes of those discussions.
Stayin’ Alive – Thank You to all our supporters!
A huge thank you to each and every one of our fantastic supporters. We made it to £360k by Sunday evening and secured support from over 1,100 investors in just 18 days. We received some large £1,000 plus pledges, a lot of pledges around the £50 mark and a large number of smaller pledges under […]
Staying alive – with just a few hours to go
Stayin’ Alive pledge update
In the first 48 hours we have managed to raise over £25,000 worth of pledges on the dedicated crowdfunding site The good news doesn’t stop there. The Stayin’ Alive campaign has been approved for match funding from the community shares booster programme. This means that they will match all investments pound for pound up to £100k! So […]