Street Party, Park Street Sat 23 June 2007 Click Here to see Invitation
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"What a great idea ~ we should do it again" "Everyone just pitched in"
"Abergavenny's own fringe event"
Thank You's - Sue & Ellie, Helen, Mark & family, Lynn & Rupert, Jan & Roger, Phillippa, Chris, Catherine, Tom, David & Emily, Rob, Jackie, Darren, Chris & Vicki, Lorna and everyone else who assisted and supported numerous tasks ...including those who baked all the lovely cakes!
Daniel Morden, The Air Training Corps, The Brandywine Cloggers, The Subtones, The Symbolics, Boys on the green (Isaac, Sam & friends), Killed By Kisses & Gwent Young People's Theatre for their brilliant support and entertainment
Gwent Young People's Theatre for the stage
John Griffiths and team from MCC
Anonymous financial gifts which enabled the event to come together
Cllr John Prosser for asking the Town Council to pay for a band
Abergavenny Town Council for continued support
Arts Alive, Crickhowell for the loan of the (fab) flags and bunting
The Holy Trinity & St. Mary's Priory Church for cups & saucers and hot water urn
Our thanks to all who came along and helped to make the day a great success. It is evident that there are many talented people around about so next year it could be bigger and better. - 00 O 00 -
Lord Rowe-Beddoe says... "It is very important to maintain as part of our heritage an excellent example of Victorian architecture and building, but its intended use as a community centre will not only significantly improve the fabric of the physical environment but also the social fabric of our community".
- 00 O 00 -
Press & PR
April 5 2007 Campaign goes 'live' (Front page of Chron)
MAY 2007 Three Churches Magazine (full story)
June 12 2007 South Wales Argus (picks up story)
June 14 2007 "Peer backing school Project" (South Wales Argus)
June 14 2007 Full story and plan (page 5 The Chronicle)
June 23 2007 Street Party (500 invitations delivered in Grofield Ward)
June 30 2007 Community Expo 2007 - St. Mary's Priory Church
JULY 2007 Three Churches Magazine (update)
July 4 2007 Holding story - The South Wales Argus
Campaign Flyer hand delivered to approx 1,500 homes across the town over July
Sept 28 2007 South Wales Argus
Oct 11 2007 The Chronicle
Nov 2 2007 Grant received from UnLtd Millennium Award- A Company that backs social entrepreneurs.
[Nov 28 2007 People respond and build business plan Dec 07-Jan 08 and level one structural survey is carried out]
March 5 Argus Story "Film Bid"
March Chronicle "MONTV & ACCLtd" filming in Abergavenny
April Presence at Thursdays' Farmer's Market promote awareness
April /May 500 Film flyers distributed to local homes
May 1 COLOUR advertisment in CHRONICLE
May 6 PUBLIC PRESENTATION of "Voices of Abergavenny"
May 14 Free Press give filming coverage (MonTv crew in Cibi walk)
NEWS FLASH (Dec '07/Jan '08)
FUNDING RECEIVED FROM UnLtd [A COMPANY WHO BACK SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS] has attracted professional assistance to build the Business Plan and secure Surveyors go-ahead. It also presented an opportunity for ACC Ltd to raise local awareness of the campaign by making a film which will have a signficant role to play in taking the message wider.
MAY 6 2008 "Voices of Abergavenny" ~ when it's gone, it's gone (23 mins)
90 people attended an open meeting in Mulberry House to watch the film "VOICES OF ABERGAVENNY"
The film gathers together in one place the essence of what occurs socially when change is given full reign.
By focusing on the social requirements of communities of people, the film points viewers to consider the potential, and the difference, that community-ownership of the Park Street site could make to the fabric of society - both in the immediate, but looking out to those generations yet to come.
(June: Edits to existing film will be made before the film is publicly announced)
JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
Voices of Abergavenny has an important role to play locally. The FINAL version of the film will be posted on MONTV website so others can be guided to the film.
DVD's will go to all local groups and organisations. A presentation by Abergavenny Community Centre Ltd will accompany the film locally.
The decision will be made when we feel it is the right time to take our case to GRANT MAKING TRUSTS.
The Local Authority are being kept in the loop. ACC Ltd have no political alliance.
