St Cuthbert’s Church and Haydon Old Church, Haydon Bridge
Inspired Futures Project:
Way Forward Report
Inspired Futures Project: Way Forward Report for St Cuthbert’s Church & Haydon Old Church, Haydon Bridge
Contents Executive summary 3 Short term 3 Medium term 3 Longer term 4
1. Church - key information 5
2. General Context 5 2.1. Background history 5 2.2. Location 6 2.3. Area demographic 6 2.3.1. Overview 5 2.3.2. Needs 7 2.3.3. Opportunities 7
3. Heritage 7 3.1. Needs 7 3.2. Opportunities 7
4. Mission and purpose 8 4.1. Needs 8 4.2. Opportunities 8
5. Community 8 5.1. Needs 8 5.2. Opportunities 8
6. Capacity 9
7. Adaptability 9
8. Project 9 8.1. Vision 9 8.2. Ideas and options 10
9. Funding potential 10
10. People resources 11
11. Income potential 11
12. Key risks 12
13. SWOT analysis 12
Appendix A: St Cuthbert’s Church & Haydon Old Church Background Research Notes
Appendix B: Further Guidance and Examples
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Executive summary
St Cuthberts and Haydon Old Church are both listed buildings (Grade II* and I) located in the village of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. A Project Group has been recently formed – made up of members of the PCC and wider community - which has begun to explore extended use options for both sites. The Group wish to re-establish both sites as key community spaces for the residents of Haydon Bridge and beyond. The Group are aware that there is work to be done in terms of developing the vision for both sites and have already begun to look at need in the area: they are aware of services lacking in the community and are now at a point where they need to develop an evidence base of need through external consultation (following on from work already undertaken to date). The Project Group requires support to help maintain momentum and take this project forward and is in a fortunate position of having access to funds that can help drive initial project development. The project has huge potential to enhance the tourism offer for visitors to Haydon Bridge as well as improve the connectivity between the sites. The Project Group have the skills, connections and drive to take this forward - with support – and recognise that an important step forward is to begin discussions with prospective partners and supporters in the wider area to build on the offer that the project can provide.
The executive summary provides a view on the priority actions for the church and PCC. These have been summarised into short, medium and long term actions. They should be read alongside the full report and ideally the actions recommended within the document should all be addressed through an action plan – but the following are seen as the most important priorities. An appendix provides links to further guidance on the specific reports and processes suggested and, where possible, relevant examples.
The PCC is encouraged to discuss these recommendations and come to an agreed view on the priorities. An important outcome should be the implementation of the actions in this executive summary. Actions are more defined in the short and medium term, because as the project evolves different actions will arise from the earlier work.
Short term Consultation planning - start to prepare a plan for consulting the local community on what local people need and want the churches to provide. Ensure activities and events proposed are fun and will get new people through the doors; Begin discussions with other organisations - in Haydon Bridge, the local council, Haydon Bridge Development Trust, the wider tourism community and local landowners (e.g. the National Parks and the National Trust) on the potential for future involvement and partnership work.
Medium term Project governance - establish the governance of the project group, identifying peoples/organisational roles ,defining offers of support, identifying skills gaps and preparing a clear terms of reference for the project; Recruit - new members and/or advisors to the Project Group based on identified skills gaps; Consultation and activity testing - continue community consultation activity and use feedback to inform and develop project outputs and outcomes. Continue to test out new activities and undertake market research to inform project need and demand; Communications - develop communications plan for the project.
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Longer term
Business planning - seek funding to support the development of an outline business plan which sets out how the sites will be financially sustainable (e.g. project development grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund); Statement of Need - Define scope of project with clearly defined objectives and develop a Statement of Need which outlines what physical changes are required to meet project objectives; Assessment of Significance - seek funding (e.g. from the HLF Start up Grant programme) to commission an Assessment of Significance for the building and after completion, funding to develop concept designs and costs for the project based on the outline business plan and a Statement of Need.
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1. Church - key information
Diocese: Newcastle Local Authority: Northumberland Postcode: Heritage Status: Haydon Old Church (NE47 6JX) Haydon Old Church- Listed Grade I Full listing description available here St Cuthbert ‘s Church (NE47 6LL) St Cuthbert’s - Listed Grade II*
Full listing description available here Key Contact: Mr David Thornhill , Church Warden, The Rev’d Dr Benjamin Carter, Vicar
2. General Context
2.1. Background history
Highlights from Grade I listing description for Haydon Old Church:
‘Former Parish Church. Chancel 12th century, south chapel 14th century. West end, 1882 by C.C. Hodges’; ‘Squared stone including re-used Roman material, stone slate roof’; ‘Chancel with two-bay south chapel. South wall of chapel has round-headed chamfered doorway. Three-light square-headed window with hollow-chamfered jambs and mullions and altered 12th century single-light window’; ‘East wall of chapel has 14th-century window of two cinquefoil headed lights with flowing tracery over. South wall of chancel has 12th century single-light window, round-headed and rebated externally. Three similar windows in the east wall, the head of the central pointed’; ‘West end of 19th century with two lancets, stepped buttress, two-light window in 14th-century style and large buttress incorporating remains of former east window of nave south aisle’; Interior: ‘19th-century, two-bay arcade to chapel has circular column and pointed arches’; ‘Good 19th-century roof with heavy king-post trusses. Various 17th-century and 18th-century floor slabs and wall monuments’; ‘Inscribed 14th-century cross slab on south side of chancel floor, another cross slab re-used as internal lintel to south door and fragments of others set in recess of blocked north chancel door’; ‘Font a re-cut Roman altar’.
Highlights from Grade II* listing description for St Cuthbert’s Church:
‘Parish church. 1796, north transept added 1865, chancel enlarged and south elevation gothicised 1898’; ‘Tooled and margined ashlar on south, rubble on north re-used from the medieval church and including squared Roman stones’;
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‘Nave, west tower, north transept and chancel. Tower divided by bands into three stages, with projecting moulded cornice and swept pyramidal roof. Lower stage has 19th-century, pointed-arched door on south, sundial dated '1796' over and round-headed window with renewed latticed glazing bars above’; ‘Similar windows on west, the upper one blind, and stone external stair on north up to tall round-headed doorway, farmer gallery access’; Interior features include ‘a late l9th-century chancel arch, roof and most furnishings. 18th- century Royal Arms on west wall. Late 19th-century marble font. Glass by Kempe in chancel windows. Damaged 14th-century effigy under crocketed canopy and 17th- century carving of angel, brought from old church’; ‘The church was erected by the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners in 1796. The north transept was added in 1869 to accommodate children from the Shaftoe Trust School’.
These two churches stand in the same parish but only one, St Cuthbert’s in the village of Haydon Bridge, still serves as a parish church. Before 1796 when St Cuthbert’s was built, the 12th-century Haydon Old Church was a Chapel of Ease in the Parish of Warden (as was St Cuthbert’s until the establishment of the Parish of Haydon Bridge in 1879).
Haydon village and its old church were gradually displaced by the growing settlement at the nearby crossing point of the River Tyne. As residents moved they did not leave the old Church behind entirely – they demolished the tower and all the rest of the west end and used the salvaged material in the building of the new church, leaving behind just the chancel, south chapel and graveyard without much of a purpose. So, in many ways the two churches are inseparable, both now being managed by the one PCC.
Haydon Old Church dates mainly from the twelfth, fourteenth and nineteenth centuries and is listed Grade I, while St Cuthbert’s is Grade II*. Other heritage assets also in the historic village of Haydon Bridge include the War Memorial (1920 Grade II), Station Cottages (c. 1835 Grade II), Anchor Hotel (18th century, 19th century and 20th century Grade II), alms houses (c. 1805 Grade II), the Old Bridge (c. 1680 and 20th century, Grade II and Scheduled), Congregational Chapel (1863 Grade II) and the former Vicarage (1820 Grade II). On the other hand, Haydon Old Church, its graveyard and yew tree walk, stand in the middle of fields, isolated from any settlements and with no visible signs of the old village of Haydon once associated with it.
2.2. Location
These two churches are found within the single parish of Haydon Bridge in the southwest of Northumberland. They fall within the Haydon and Hadrian Ward.
St Cuthbert’s parish church is located within the current settlement of Haydon Bridge, some eight miles to the west of the nearest market town, Hexham. Haydon Old Church is in a rural setting to the north of the current settlement.
The area is rich in natural and heritage assets. Haydon Bridge is four miles from Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, four miles from Northumberland National Park and two miles from the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Situated on the banks of the River Tyne, the village is served by a rail station and has two schools.
2.3. Area demographic
2.3.1. Overview
The population of Haydon Bridge is c. 2,000.
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2.3.2. Needs
Within Northumberland as a whole, the following needs have been identified:
Rising ageing population; Declining working-age population.
Although the urban, south-east areas of the county face the highest incidence of deprivation, there are concerns in areas such as Haydon Bridge regarding the following:
Reduced access to services; Higher living costs; Barriers to housing.
2.3.3. Opportunities According to its draft Core Strategy, Northumberland County Council is committed to a number of initiatives designed to benefit communities such as Haydon Bridge including:
Development of community wellbeing; Economic development including ‘rural business developments’; Conservation of heritage assets with prioritisation to assets that are considered ‘characteristic of Northumberland.…’.
In addition to these broad objectives, there are specific opportunities for the Haydon Bridge community to develop the village as a tourism gateway.
The community has already demonstrated its commitment to sustainable local development with the publication of a comprehensive parish plan (2008) and the establishment of the Haydon Development Trust to oversee its execution.
3. Heritage
3.1. Needs
Both Haydon Old Church and St Cuthbert’s require urgent investment to prevent further structural deterioration: the historic fabric at the Old Church suffers from water ingress and St Cuthbert’s has significant structural issues along the north wall and vestry. Both sites are on Historic England’s ‘at risk’ register which demonstrate the urgency of investment required.
3.2. Opportunities
The heritage on offer for the casual visitor or tourist to explore in the area is significant.
Both sites are situated in a historically rich and well connected area, bounded by the River Tyne to the south and a site of World Heritage Importance, the Roman Wall, to the north. The churches are also surrounded by an Area of Natural Beauty and a National Park: both add to the diversity of this historically and ecologically rich area.
St Cuthbert’s features on the front of promotional literature for the village and not Haydon’s old Bridge after which the village was named. This reflects the importance placed on the church by the tourism community and the recognition of its special place as a site of interest.
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The Victorian artist, John Martin (1789-1854) was born in Haydon Bridge. The John Martin Heritage Trail, developed by the Haydon Bridge Development Trust, is an established trail that links Haydon Bridge with the River Allen and Langley Castle (nearby 14th Century medieval castle). The trail passes Haydon Old Church and there is an opportunity to build on this existing tourism offer and link the church and St Cuthbert’s into this established trail.
4. Mission and purpose
4.1. Needs
The mission of Haydon Old Church is not yet defined but will be interlinked to the mission of St Cuthbert’s.
The mission of St Cuthbert’s is to improve community cohesion by re-establishing a central community space for all to use and enjoy that will form the heart of village life.
4.2. Opportunities
Haydon Old Church is used for regular monthly worship and several times a year to hold special services, such as baptisms and wedding blessings, with local groups using the space for specific events (such as schools visits). It is encouraging that this church is still used.
Once the mission for the Old Church has been established the PCC can then look at opportunities to expand and deliver this mission in connection with the development of proposals for St Cuthbert’s.
St Cuthbert’s is used for regular worship. The mission for this site is better defined and opportunities to develop a mission focussed on community cohesion will present themselves as this project develops.
5. Community
5.1. Needs
The Project Group are at a very early stage of developing proposal for both sites and in the first instance some initial market research into existing and absent community services should be undertaken. The Group are aware that support infrastructure in the area for young parents and carers is absent, as is a large and welcoming community space where people can connect with others and socialise.
Despite the number of visitors and tourists to Haydon Bridge, there are surprisingly no tea rooms in the area. The Project Group are keen to explore the option to position a community café into St Cuthbert’s. This also ties into the Groups wish to make better use of the large churchyard that bounds the south side of the church by creating a potential community garden and using some of the area to host part of a café outlet. The church green is the largest greenspace in the central part of the village.
5.2. Opportunities
Haydon Old Church is a unique and intimate space that commands beautiful views of the wider area. The church has good acoustics and the Project Group are keen to explore its potential use as an events space.
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The opportunity to make Haydon Old Church a visitor destination (as a heritage feature of interest), and St Cuthbert’s (as an orientation and hospitable place for visitors and tourists) should be explored as part of a wider appraisal of need and demand in the area. This appraisal should consider feedback received from the 2014 community meeting held on the future of both sites.
6. Capacity
The Project Group, although not a constituted entity, is made up of the incumbent and representatives from the PCC, church community, the Haydon Bridge Development Trust and Haydon Bridge School. The Group has very recently formed and are united by their common concern for the future of both buildings.
The incumbent views the community as well skilled and capable. As capacity is not a present issue for the group (due to the early stage of project development) there is confidence in the group that extra support could be sought from local individuals in the community.
7. Adaptability
Haydon Old Church is Grade I listed and St Cuthbert’s Church is Grade II*. Despite their listed status there are opportunities to adapt both sites if a sound business case is made. Before any design work is commissioned as up-to-date Assessment of Significance should be in place for both churches to inform the architects brief.
There are some constraints and considerations to be mindful of when developing design proposals. These principally relate to Haydon Old Church and access and parking restrictions (the narrowness of the country lane the church is accessed by and the limited parking available) and the churchyard which is still open for burials: the PCC are looking to formally close the churchyard in the next couple of years.
After the Project Group have further explored needs and potential new uses of the sites a ‘Statement of Need’ paper can be prepared. ‘Statements of Need’ clearly set out what adaptations are required to support such uses and are useful tools to help justify intervention work to external groups such as Historic England, the Diocesan Advisory Committee and funders. They can also help inform the brief for undertaking the Assessment of Significance report.
Although the project is at an early stage informal conversations has with the Parish Council and Haydon Bridge Development Trust show that there is great enthusiasm and support for a regeneration of both sites.
8. Project
8.1. Vision
The vision for the project requires further development but will be focussed on re- establishing both sites as key community spaces for the residents of Haydon Bridge and beyond. Reconnecting people through these shared spaces will be key, especially in light of the bypass developed in 2009 which effectively cut of the north and south communities of Haydon Bridge.
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8.2. Ideas and options
Ideas and options have not been fully scoped out, but initial thoughts from the Project Group for Haydon Old Church are as follows:
Turning the church into a more active place of worship and a visitor attraction; Need to improve the visitor welcome of the site, in terms of facilities, adequate heating and lighting and information on the unique stories of the church and area; Improvements to the visibility and accessibility of the site.
For St Cuthbert’s, the following ideas have been proposed:
Re-establish St Cuthbert’s at the heart of the community. A vibrant and welcoming community resource to use and enjoy for all; Reconnect the church and community with the riverside via the south side church yard; Provide new facilities to support its role as a community space (toilets, catering facility); Creating a visitor designation point where visitors and tourists can partake in refreshment, orient themselves and learn about the history of the area and other sites of interest.
The Project Group wish to explore how both sites will compliment each other: the Old Church as a visitor attraction, St Cuthbert’s as a destination point for the community, visitors and tourists. These ideas support the central aims of the Village Plan, produced by Haydon Bridge Development Trust, to turn the village into a tourist venue.
A Tourist Information point is housed in the nearby Community Library and the Project Group should explore the potential to compliment the work of the Community Library (i.e. creating an orientation point for visitors at St Cuthbert’s) through future consultation work.
9. Funding potential
The project is at an early stage and funding options have not been considered in detail. The nature of the project, outcomes and outputs will inform which funding route will be the most viable to pursue.
Defining the social impact that this project would achieve through adaptation would also help the Project Group to justify intervention work: the ability of projects to affect positive social change is a key strategic area that funders will wish to see defined. Setting this out clearly in a Case for Support, a document which sets out what investment is sought and what investment will be spent on, would help the Project Group engage in discussions with prospective new supporters and allow them to target funders more effectively.
Within the next 18 months the PCC will have access to approximately £74,000 which can be used to support project development costs (£20,000 from the Glebe Fund, £50,000 from the Waite Trust, £4,000 from the church): The Waite Trust funding will be available to use by 2017.
The Shaftoe Trust (established in 1685) administers a small grant scheme to fund community education initiatives and is another local funder to approach.
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The Project Group are confident that a significant amount of money can be raised through the local community: the community have previously raised approximately £40,000 for the care and upkeep of St Cuthbert’s.
10. People resources
The Project Group, although not a constituted body, is led build by the incumbent and the church warden. The Group operate on an informal membership, with representation from a number of groups outlined in Section 6.
There is huge potential to expand the existing number of people and organisations involved in the project: the incumbent has had positive meetings with both the Parish Council and the Haydon Bridge Development Trust who are keen to support the regeneration of both sites.
Since the incumbent took up post in October 2014 there has been a significant growth in church attendance at St Cuthbert’s, and the return of regular monthly worship at Haydon Old Church. The energy and enthusiasm that the incumbent and PCC have to inspire and develop a project at both sites should serve them well in attracting new supporters and members of the Project Group. A retired church architect, Parish Councillors, a former chair of a local charity and a number of highly motivated and enthusiastic retired people are all resident in the village and are potential new people to introduce to the project.
The Development Trust is run by local volunteers and was instrumental in saving Haydon Bridge library. The community library is now a volunteer managed site, open 6 days a week and hosts the town’s tourism information point. The appetite for volunteering in the area is encouraging and the Project Group should consider the role that volunteers will play as the project develops. For example, what role will volunteers play in the management of both sites if extended use options are developed?
A number of high profile landowners operate close to Haydon Bridge, including the National Trust and the National Parks. The Project Group should make approaches to these organisations to explore what the potential is for integrated work and a partnership approach to developing the vision for both sites.
11. Income potential
The project is at the inception stage and no business planning activity has taken place. Income generating ideas to explore further include a community café (St Cuthbert’s) and an events space at Haydon Old Church. A review of how existing income could be maximised and new income streams generated for St Cuthbert’s has not been undertaken. The Project Group should focus on defining the need and, as part of the appraisal process, extended use options and income generation ideas should be considered and scrutinised.
Although the church will have access to a significant amount of development funding it is worth noting that St Cuthbert’s did not make its Parish Share for 2014. To fulfil the mission and project vision both sites will need to generate a sufficient and sustainable level of income to cover the costs of increased community activities, future repairs and maintenance and Parish Share contribution.
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12. Key risks The main risk at this stage is keeping the need, likely demand and ability of the proposal to generate income at the forefront of project development. Focussing on building and design solutions are important but should be informed by the proposed uses of the site.
The ‘at risk’ status of both sites is another key risk. If viable proposals for both sites are not developed and a sustainable business model not created then the repair and conservation need will continue to grow. This may in the future lead to temporary or permanent closure.
13. SWOT analysis of options
Strengths Weaknesses
- Heritage importance; - Early stage of project development, - Historic rural location; group need to consider what - Natural leader; complimentary offer St Cuthbert’s - Good skills set and representation and Haydon Old Church could bring of local groups in project group; to the area. - Development funding on offer to project
Opportunities Threats
- Potential for Haydon Old Church to - Loss of incumbent and driving force; contribute and be part of the - Loss of development funding; tourism offer of the area; - Potential competition to business - Potential for St Cuthbert’s to re- opportunities (i.e. the opening of a establish lost community services; new café business). - Potential to attract further support from local people, businesses and nearby land owners; - Maximise use of church yard space to south side of the church.
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Appendix A: St Cuthbert’s Church, Haydon Bridge & Haydon Old Church Background Research Notes
General Information LOCATION Two churches within 1 parish, Haydon Bridge, in the Northumberland ward of Haydon and Hadrian. http://www.haydon-bridge.co.uk/community-churches.php St Cuthbert’s parish church – C18 origins – within current population settlement of Haydon Bridge, 8 miles to west of nearest market town Hexham Haydon Old Church – C12 origins. Rural setting to the north. http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/churches/haydon-old-church?map&ssid=41901 Haydon Bridge is 4 miles from Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, 4 miles from Northumberland National Park, 2 miles from North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is in the S/SW of the county, on the banks of the River Tyne. Village is served by rail station (Newcastle-Carlisle line), 2 local schools.
POPULATION Haydon Bridge = 2k Northumberland = 316k, concentrated in SE of county
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=15772 From the Northumberland Interim Sustainability Appraisal (dated December 2014) (accessible via http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=3443): - Rising ageing population. In mid-2013 Northumberland, 61% of the population was aged 16 to 64 compared with 64% in the North East region and in England. Northumberland had a higher proportion of persons aged 65+ in the population than the North East region and a smaller proportion of persons aged 0 to 15 than the region.
Across Northumberland, between 2012 and 2031 there is projected to be a significant increase in those over 65. - Declining working-age population. Alongside ageing population, core working-age population of 20 to 64 year olds is projected to decrease c. 180k-160k. ‘Northumberland has an average rank of 144 of the 326 local authorities in England. In comparison with other local authorities in the North East, Northumberland has the second lowest proportion of LSOAs in the most deprived 10% and the third highest proportion in the 10% least deprived. Northumberland has 16 LSOAs in the most deprived
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10% (one more than in 2007)….. All of these are in the South East area of the county.’ (Haydon Bridge is in S/SW of county.)
Community Information NEEDS Compared with other areas of the county (e.g. parts of nearby Hexham) and within the NE region generally Haydon Bridge does not face significant deprivation. http://northumberland-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/planning/core_strategy/csfd
- to develop community wellbeing: ‘ to maintain and create sustainable communities throughout Northumberland; to support health, social and cultural well-being for all including responding to the needs and opportunities created by an ageing population’ .
- to support economic development: ‘Support the creation and expansion of hubs for business services and creative industries in the County's historic market towns, rural business developments, and through more home run enterprises ‘ . And support growth of tourism facilities and accommodation The Main Towns of Alnwick, Amble, Ashington, Bedlington, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Cramlington, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth and Prudhoe, as key hubs for housing, employment, education, healthcare and retail, will be the main focus for development to underpin their social, economic, environmental and cultural regeneration;
- isolated development in the open countryside should be avoided unless it:
i. is directly related to the needs of primary activity in farming, forestry or other land based industries, or the sustainable diversification of such activities; ii. supports an existing or newly forming business, which requires expansion or location in a rural setting, because of the characteristics of the enterprise; iii. supports or adds to the range of sustainable visitor attractions and facilities appropriate to the character of the area; iv. would reinforce an existing sustainable cluster of services and community facilities; v. is a house, the architecture of which is innovative and of the highest standard.
- on heritage assets: ‘heritage assets are an irreplaceable resource and the need to conserve them in a manner appropriate to their significance’. ‘Where enhancement of the heritage assets may be required but there are limited resources available, prioritisation will be given to assets that are considered characteristic of Northumberland, important within the context of its history, cultural development or landscape and/or unique to the area and Heritage at Risk’ Within Haydon Bridge – need for community space/concert venue? Haydon Bridge parish plan (2008) mentions recent construction of community hall – used for annual Summer Exhibition (art/photography) and Arts & Crafts Fair.
Haydon Parish Plan http://www.haydon-bridge.co.uk/docs/ParishPlan.pdf
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OPPORTUNITIES Haydon Bridge website: http://www.haydon-bridge.co.uk/index.php Indicates full range of local charity groups and activities including those of the Haydon Development Trust set up in 2008 to oversee execution of Haydon Parish Plan. Trust describes its three key areas of work as: Ensuring a sustainable economy and clear and marketable identity for the parish Enhancing the physical design, environment and accessibility of the village/parish Re-energising our sense of well-being within a socially inclusive community’
http://www.haydon-bridge.co.uk/community-development.php Developing Haydon Bridge as tourism gateway (‘Gateway to Hadrian’s Wall Country’; Northumberland National Park etc.)
- local/regional history – Roman stone used for Old Haydon Church - other cultural associations o birthplace of John Martin – artist o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_%28painter%29 o holiday destination of Philip Larkin (to stay with Monica Jones who lived there) END
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Appendix B: Further Guidance and Examples
The Church of England’s National Stewardship and Resources team offers valuable information on all aspects of managing a parish church: http://www.parishresources.org.uk/ Please also refer to the Regeneration section of The Churches Conservation Trust website for advice and links to regeneration projects: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/regenerationtaskforce/Usefullinks/
Additional information as follows: Heritage Needs and Opportunities The sustainability toolkit produced by the Prince’s Regeneration Trust provides a useful overview of best-practice management of heritage assets. Written primarily for local authorities, it nonetheless provides valuable, practical advice for a range of organizations and community groups: http://www.princes-regeneration.org/resources/sustainability- toolkit Brick is a Heritage-Lottery-Funded education programme designed by the Prince’s Regeneration Trust designed to help community groups ‘looking to start or progress a heritage regeneration project’. It offers a range of support including online resources, workshops and mentoring support. http://brick-work.org/about-brick/what-is-brick/ Church Care, the national Church of England resource centre for all those responsible for managing a church building, provides guidance on preparing a ‘Statement of Need’ http://www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/guidance-advice/statements-of-significance- need Example ‘Assessment of Significance’ for St Nicholas’ Chapel, King’s Lynn: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Assets/Regenerationdocuments/KingsLynnAssessment ofSignificanceOct2011.pdf
Community Needs and Opportunities - Local consultation and communication NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) provide s a range of practical advice for charities and volunteers, including advice on marketing and communications: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/marketing-and-communications A village communication toolkit developed by Community First to support communities in Wiltshire and Swindon, includes discussion of the value of effective communication and as well as guidance on its implementation: http://www.communityfirst.org.uk/attachments/article/1619/Village%20communication %20toolkit%20November%202012%20Version.pdf
Capacity
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- Developing an appropriate governance structure Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector, including legal requirements - http://www.governancecode.org/ Advice on setting up a Friends Group - http://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/involving- people/setting-friends-group A Friends Scheme for a Parish Church - http://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/Friends_Scheme.pdf - Developing volunteer support Volunteer England Good Practice Bank http://www.volunteering.org.uk/goodpractice provides a one-stop shop for volunteers and volunteer managers looking for advice and information about how to support volunteering For advice on volunteer recruitment: http://knowhownonprofit.org/people/volunteers/recruiting Locality volunteering e book - http://locality.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Volunteers- eBook.pdf Brick presentation on recruitment and management of volunteers based on National Trust project. Involving volunteers: http://brick-work.org/resource/involving-volunteers- 24-june-2015/
Adaptability Please see The Churches Conservation Trust website for a variety of case studies: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Aboutus/Regeneratingcommunities/Projectsexampleso fourregenerationwork/
Project Vision, Ideas and Options - Developing ideas Enhancing heritage and securing financial viability through innovative design: http://brick- work.org/resource/enhancing-heritage-and-securing-financial-viability-through- innovative-design-24-june-2015/ Ideas to options: http://brick-work.org/resource/ideas-to-options-video-22-may-2014/ - Developing activities/interpretation Heritage Lottery Fund Activity Plan guidance - http://www.hlf.org.uk/activity-plan- guidance#.VZ_Mxv5FChM Heritage Lottery Fund Interpretation guidance - http://www.hlf.org.uk/interpretation- guidance#.VYghvvlViko
- Developing audiences Communicating your project, attracting new audiences: http://brick- work.org/resource/communicating-your-project-attracting-new-audiences/
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Inspired Futures Project: Way Forward Report for St Cuthbert’s Church & Haydon Old Church, Haydon Bridge
Marketing your attraction to visitors (page 9 onwards for practical tips): http://brick- work.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150624_WS12_Marketing_P2.pdf
Funding Potential Powerpoint presentation by Prince’s Regeneration Trust Development Director providing an overview of different forms of fundraising: http://brick-work.org/resource/effective- fundraising-13-may-2015/ http://brick-work.org/resource/how-to-fundraise-from-private-sources-guide/ includes additional links and further reading suggestions.
People Resources [please see ‘Capacity’ section above for ‘volunteer-related’ links] - Advice on accessing the best professional help http://brick-work.org/skills-finding-help-for-heritage-regeneration-projects/ http://www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/advertising-for-professionals
Income Potential - Developing a Business Plan Business Plan Toolkit powerpoint presentation - http://brick- work.org/resource/business-planning-18-march-2015/ Full guide (including case studies) produced by the Churches Conservation Trust and Brick: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/regenerationtaskforce/Businessplantoolkit/ ‘Meanwhile’ uses – How to keep your building alive and generate income. Presentation based on Wilton Music Hall, London: http://brick-work.org/resource/meanwhile-uses- how-to-keep-your-building-alive-and-generate-income-3/
Risk assessment Please see general overview provided on Parish Resources website, with links to worked examples: http://www.parishresources.org.uk/pccs/managing-risk/
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