VILLAGE HALL DEVELOPMENT – PROJECT OUTLINE The development of the King’s Somborne Village Hall by a committee of volunteers will be in four phases. Throughout all phases the community will be consulted and kept aware through communication on the Parish web site, magazine and public meetings - Start-up
- Defining the needs
- Funding
- Implementation
Timescales envisaged are: Start-up October 2006 Defining the needs November 2006 to January 2007 Funding – stage 1 January 2007 to April 2007 Funding - stage 2 May 2007 to August 2007 Implementation September 2007 to May 2008 S START-UP · Request from VHMC & Terms of Reference · Call for volunteers by personal contact and advertising (“Your Community Needs You”) · First meeting – Agenda, Minutes, Actions · Community communication – introduce committee, show timetable, call for “consultants” with special skills and call for input into “defining the needs”. Local newspapers to give early signal to local government fund providers. DEFINING THE NEEDS · What does the community want (Parish Plan & Research) · What are the statutory requirements (structural surveys) · How to broaden access (more people, more groups) to existing facilities · Ideas (what are others doing) · How to create a greater number and wider range of new services. · Increase use for learning · How to improve the financial viability of the hall · What design improvements can be included (aesthetics, less energy, pollution and waste) · Community communication – agreement to the “needs” FUNDING · Wrap up identified needs into concept with broad costs · Local Government Co-ordinators · Identify funding opportunities · Detail design & costs · Village Hall usage, revenues and costs – project into new concept · Business Plan · Canvas – sell the Business Plan · Obtain funds · Community communication – report on funding IMPLEMENTATION · Final detail quotations · Timescales · Contracts · Management · Community meeting – celebration! | 
