Posted by Rob Boden on December 03, 2011 at 09:54:13 user humyar.
In Reply to: Re: More on the Dogs Home posted by Claire on December 02, 2011 at 11:38:05:
Claire, Andy and everyone else who's offered to donate
As ever, I'm impressed by the generosity of AR enthusiasts especially those living away from the UK.
We need to wait to see what the building surveyor says later in December before launching a donations scheme - it may be beyond repair, or cost so much that it is unaffordable. I'm still hopeful that TARS will chip in money too. I suspect though, it will cost more than donations alone could achieve, and these would have to be matched by bids to UK grant givers such as the National Heritage Fund which derives its income from the UK lottery. I've started to look at local funders too. Donations though would help in three ways - it helps raise some of the money needed; it shows grant givers that there is a desire to save the building; and 'matched funding' plays well with grant givers.
Rob