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Saltford Community Association News Issue No 121 April/May 2015 FESTIVAL 13-21 JUNE 2015 www.saltfordfestival.org.uk See Inside for More Details of 80 Plus Festival Events & Features SALTFORD VILLAGE SALTFORD COPY DEADLINE FOR JUNE/JULY ISSUE OF SCAN: 10th May 2015 Copy sent by email to [email protected] will be very welcome. www.saltfordhall.co.uk 1 Mechanical Repairs Car Recovery Vehicles Servicing MOT Testing Computer Diagnostics Car Sales Crown Garage is a Saltford based family friendly business that have been repairing and maintaining cars throughout Bristol. We currently have 3 members of staff who hold over 40 years of experience between them Members of the Good Garage Scheme www.goodgaragescheme.co.uk Call Paul or Martin on 01225 873203 2 Saltford Community Association - Contacts SCA is a Registered Charity—Number 222157 Hon President John Thomas 0117 986 3869 Hon Chair SCA Steve Johnson 01225 872025 Hon Vice Chair SCA Peter Dando 01225 873917 Hon Treasurer SCA Chris Essex 01225 873878 Hon Secretary SCA Sheila Bateman 01225 873474 SCAN Distribution Jenny Herring 01225 874631 SCAN Editor e-mail: [email protected] 07770 750327 Hall Manager Christopher Pope 01225 874081 e-mail: [email protected] List of Sectional Organisation Contacts Saltford Drama Club Liz James 01179 863530 Saltford Short Mat Bowls Joan Hamblin 01225 872389 Saltford Village Choir Julie Latham 01225 872336 The opinions, advice, products and services offered herein are the sole responsibility of the con- tributors. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the publication, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. SCAN takes no responsibility for the content of any images, screenshots or supporting graphics/visual data. SALTFORD HALL BOOKING OFFICE 01225 874081 E-mail: [email protected] www.saltfordhall.co.uk AN UPDATE FROM THE SCA The financial year of the charity has just ended and by the time you read this we will have held the AGM. It therefore seems an opportune time to give a summary of our financial position to those of you not able to make the AGM. The headlines are that during the year ending 31 January 2015 we had a total income of £116,000 and total expenses of £109,500 so we had a surplus of nearly £7,000, compared with a loss of just over £4,000 the previous year. So we had a pretty good year last year and this was despite spending a further net £13,500 on further maintenance/ improvements. After allowing for £1,700 of this being donations in advance to the paths and £1,000 in grants towards set up costs of the Festival, this leaves a true net figure of around £4,300. However, this would once again have been a substantial loss without over £17,600 from fundraising, books (on wall and in hall), your generous donations and grants. The main items of note were :- • SCAN advertising income was up 30% and despite increased print costs made a healthy surplus. We’ve also had great feedback from readers that they love the full colour glossy magazine. Our thanks to all our advertisers and to the army of volunteers who deliver the SCAN to every house in Saltford. • Fundraising last year raised over £10,000 and this coming year we hope the 80 plus events during the Festival will once again be enthusiastically supported. A huge thank you to the merry band of volunteers who help to put all these events on and to all of you for supporting so well during the year. • Reg and Jill Williams, in a new initiative, donated all the money from books on their wall (24 High Street) and in the Hall and last year they were able to donate £1900 to the SCA. • In terms of expenses, gas and electric were up 30%. We’ve set up a building efficiency sub 3 committee to specifically look at reducing our heat and light, which is now nearly £10,000pa. After spending £55,000 previously on maintenance and improvements at the Hall, we spent a further £32,000 before grants last year, bringing the total to over £87,000 in just the last 3 years. The main item was the new lift, which after receiving a significant grant from SITA Trust cost us a net £7000. Other items were :- • Repaired flat roof over storage rooms • High gutters all cleaned out • New PCs in the Office • Lagging of all pipework • New stage slider for lights • 2 new bowls mats • New stage microphones Already in this new financial year we have also spent £2250 on a new set of black stage cloths and £2000 in the last couple of weeks on having all the wooden floors revarnished. As well as SITA Trust for the lift, we received grants from Saltford Parish Council and from the BANES Ward Councillor’s Initiative During the coming year we will be running fewer fundraising events, but we are organizing another 9 day Festival in June. We will be using the money raised and what we have in the bank already, to pro- gress further improvements this coming year. Now the lift is installed we intend to dramatically improve the look of the foyer to make the Hall far more welcoming and we are delighted that we have had some interest in helping us with the redesign. We also intend to invest significantly in improving our building efficiency, potentially through cladding the outside of the building. The Saltford Business Network promotes and supports new and existing businesses in Saltford. If you are a business person based in, residing in, or actively engaged in business in Saltford why not come along to one of our events? Events Spring into Summer 2015 March 23 (Monday) – 7pm at Saltford Golf Club March - A Business Seminar – we have a speaker from “Busi- ness West” describing the support they offer to local businesses and then a session on the use of social media in business. Do you tweet? Is your company’s face on the book? Come along and hear what might work for you. April 30 (Thursday) – 8am at the Verona Café April - Social Event – Breakfast in Verona (Saltford, not Italy!). Join us for breakfast at the Verona Cafe and get the day off to a satisfying start. Hashtag Hash Brown – or toast if you prefer. May 21 (Thursday) – 7pm at Saltford Golf Club May - AGM and Business Seminar. Following a brief Annual General Meeting members of Chartax Accountants will run a business seminar on Tax/HMRC . They say there is only one thing as certain as taxation- come along and improve your understanding! June 25 (Thursday) – 7pm - venue to be confirmed June - A drop-in social at one of our local hostelries to discuss issues affecting your business or busi- ness in Saltford or business in general or anything anywhere over a glass of something nice! We’ll be lining up more seminars, socials and perhaps a visit or two over the rest of the year. To view the Business Directory or for details of SBN events and how to contact us please visit the Saltford Busi- ness Network web-site: www.saltfordbusinessnetwork.org.uk We will be at the Saltford Festival Open Morning on 13 June too, so come and have a chat. 4 DONATION APPEAL UPDATE Over the last couple of editions of SCAN we have enclosed a donation envelope and encouraged you to support financially the continued work of the SCA and the reopening of the permissive paths. I’m delighted to say that since launching that appeal we have already raised (including Gift Aid) £1370 for the work of the SCA and just over £2000 towards keeping the paths open for another year. A huge thank you to those who have already donated and supported one or both of these appeals. The permissive footpaths to the south and west of Saltford were closed at the end of 2013 following the withdrawal of subsidy for public access by DEFRA. Saltford Commu- nity Association has worked with the local farmer, Mr Adam Stratton, and have signed a legal agreement allowing over 4.5km of the permissive paths (shown in green) to re- open to walkers and riders shortly before Christmas. This was only possible as a result of Eveleighs Estate Agents coming forward with a generous £3000 donation to fund the first year of the arrangement. In order for this agreement to remain in place next and each subsequent year, the SCA needs specific donations to raise £3000 and we are delighted that we are already 2/3rds of the way there this year. It needs just another 35 people to donate an average of £25, plus Gift Aid, to reach our target with months to spare. This is a small price to pay for continu- ing to enjoy over 4.5km of footpaths. Without regular, annual donations from residents to cover the costs, the SCA will not be able to keep these paths open and it is highly likely that once closed they will remain closed for ever as the land will be planted with crops. If you wish to donate and don’t still have your donation envelope, then please either pick one up from the foyer of the Hall or go to our website where a specific section can be found at http://www.saltfordhall.co.uk/Permissive_paths.html This page provides a link to a downloadable Gift Aid form and details of how to make a donation including via Paypal. It also allows you to specifically indicate how you wish your donation to be used.