Enovert Community Trust News
Last stop was North Cerney Memorial Village Hall near Cirencester, where ECT awarded a grant of £17,824 towards replacement windows and doors. I was treated to a much needed cup of tea and cakes and had a lovely catch up with the committee who all look after this wonderful community facility. The hall serves as a meeting place for the villages of North Cerney, Calmsden, Woodmancote, Churnside, Bagendon, and Perrotts Book and is very important to these rural communities. The project has reduced heat loss from the building significantly, and on a wintery, rainy day, it felt really cost. #TheLCF
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My penultimate visit was to DEER PARK ARCHERS LIMITED where ECT has contributed £50k towards a major project to extend the club’s sport, social and recreational facilities. The project entails the provision of a purpose built maintenance workshop/volunteer centre aka Men in Shed facility, a social activity/gathering area, 50% increase in outdoor lit shooting bays and additional drainage. ECT’s grant focussed on the workshop, which is in full production of bird boxes and bat boxes at the moment, as well as using waste wood to build enhanced kitchen facilities for the old workshop, which has been revamped as a social space and equipment storage facility. #thelcf
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Next stop was Frampton on Severn Village Hall where ECT has contributed funding of £12.5k towards the installation of solar panels and battery storage. The project builds upon last year’s project to replace the hall’s oil-fired central heating system with infrared panels throughout the building, in a move to make the building more energy efficient and self reliant. Both projects have been a great success, enabling the hall to be maintained as a valuable community facility. #thelcf
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Industrial architecture was the focus of visit number five, to the site of The Sheriff’s Miil in Abbeydale, Gloucester. ECT awarded a grant of £6600 towards repair and conservation works to the ruinous remains, together with the creation of an interpretation board detailing the history of the site. #thelcf
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Stop four was Pineholt Bowls Club whose new solar panels and battery were funded by a £12,800 grant from Enovert Community Trust through the Landfill Communities Fund #TheLCF The installation will enable the club to make financial savings to go towards running costs, green upkeep and maintaining affordable membership feeds.
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Next stop St Andrew’s Church in Miserden, where a grant of £12k has funded the repair of the organ. Its upper swell was damaged as a result of lack of humidity during the Covid outbreak when the church was locked and no air circulating. The repaired organ is now sounding resplendent and will be enjoyed by the local community for years to come. #thelcf
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