Category: Community Projects
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Parracombe’s Festival of Flowers
Friday, 27 May, Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 Visit St Petrock’s Church, which will be festooned in hand-crafted blooms See more flowers, and enjoy the crafts exhibition and a cuppa at Christchurch, in the heart of the village Buy a copy of the newly published book, ‘St Petrock’s’, to find out more about…
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PCT Affordable Housing Project Update: March 2022
A plan showing the proposed affordable homes site (square, in red border) and Parracombe’s historic settlement. The blue arrows show key viewpoints around the village. After good progress during the autumn of 2021 Parracombe Community Trust’s affordable housing plans for local people have moved frustratingly slowly. We were hoping by now to have received our…
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Children’s Play Area and MUGA Update: March 2022
In 2021 Parracombe Community Trust (PCT) took responsibility for managing the Coronation Playing Field along with the children’s play area and MUGA (multi use games area). Parracombe Parish Council, which was previously responsible for these amenities initially donated money to the Community Trust for the upkeep of the play area. However the Council later re-considered…
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Village Hall Update: March 2022
Since Christmas the hall committee and some very willing and competent volunteers have been working very hard in transforming the kitchen so that it is very nearly useable once again. The kitchen had to be decommissioned during covid as the rear roof of the hall was in disrepair and leaking into the kitchen. A small…
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Vacancy – Pavilion Stores and Café
Parracombe Community Trust (PCT) is very excited to be launching the ‘Pavilion Stores and Café’. We are now seeking to appoint a Manager/Volunteer Coordinator. Do you have a genuine interest in working with the general public? Are you self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills? Are you passionate about delivering the best level of customer service? The…
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Trust launches Parracombe 200
Fancy a flutter? Struggling to think of some seasonal gift ideas? Sign yourself up or someone you love to the the “Parracombe 200” Club. It is a private lottery run by the Trust to raise funds for our work. It is open to anyone who has a local connection to the Village.
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Trust Launches Crowdfunder
Help us fit out the café Our share offer raised a little over 86% of our target, what a fantastic result! We still need more to give the project the best possible start. For friends, family and Parracombe supporters who want to help out we have created a Crowdfunding page with the Aviva Community Fund. The…
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Village Hall policies, forms and risk assessments
When hiring you hall, you must agree: · to keep the fire doors closed from 11pm during parties and music events · to stop any music at midnight · to provide written communication to neighbours on the rare occasion live music or a party is held at a late hour Here are the documents you…
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Trust Launches Community Share Offer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdgNruXdoxAParracombe Community Trust are excited to launch our community share offer for our shop and café. The share offer is to raise funds to re-purpose and extend the sports pavilion located on the Coronation Playing Field to create a shop and café that will provide quality fresh local food, essential local services and a social…
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Notice Inviting Expression of Interest
This notice invites expressions of interest to tender for the construction of Parracombe Community Stores. Background Parracombe Community Trust Ltd. is planning to build a new community run shop in Parracombe village. The project is a social enterprise of the trust that will convert and extend the Pavilion building located in the Coronation Playing Field,…