4. Who
Management committee
Dawn Adams
Barnaby Brown
Beverley Cheeseman-Maund (Treasurer)
Eric Dymond
Janet Few
Beverly Maggs (Secretary)
Peter McClymont (Chair)
Jacqui Watson
Lesley Wilson
5. Why
Outside public meeting on PO closure, June 2008
8. What
Community owned and operated village shop
Fresh, chilled, tinned and dry produce
Newspapers, magazines
Stationery
Locally produced where possible
9. What
Offer what the supermarkets cannot
Service by and for you
Responding to local needs
Catchment area: Buckland and beyond
Keeping money in the community
Complementing Babbs'
Shopping, service and socialising
Reducing food miles
17. How
Legal entity: Industrial and Provident Society
Mutual society
Members: one vote
Management committee, voted by members
Shares: £10 each
Can own more than one share
“...for the benefit of the community...”
19. Only 11 out of
284 shops have
failed in the
last 20 years
Source: Plunkett Foundation
20. How
Funding
Capital startup costs: £22,500
Grants: Village SOS, parish council, Bridge Trust etc
(£12,500)
Loans: CCD, third sector banks (£2000)
Share offer (£6000)
Other fundraising (£2000)
Building costs (£40k) – Methodist Church
21. How
Share sale
Target £6000 by end June 2012
£1820 to date
63 members
Every £10 vital
22. How
Operations
Volunteer run
Grant funded part-time manager (Year 1 only)
6 days a week, 40 hours +/-
£3.75 per customer
60-70 customers a day
Price competitive
23. When
July 2012
Planning permission, shop funding secured
August/September
Building funds secured
September/October
Building works
October
Shop opens
24. What next?
We need:
Volunteers
Another 150 member/sharholders
Volunteers
£4000 in share sales
Volunteers
Your continued support
Volunteers
25. Thanks
Methodist Church
Parish council
Village school
Cllr Alison Boyle
Geoffrey Cox MP
Community Council of Devon
Plunkett Foundation
Village SOS
Torridge DC
Ashwater Village Shop
Welcombe Community Shop
You!
26. Questions?
Albert Einstein in 1921, public domain photo