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Project Planning

NOVEMBER 2020

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How will our lives be changed by Covid-19?

  • Loss of businesses, jobs and income
  • Empty properties
  • Increased social divisions,
  • Disaffected young people, nervous older people
  • Social distancing making gatherings problematic
  • Loneliness and reduced social cohesion
  • Increased mental health issues
  • Loss of income for charities and community groups

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How have people responded?�

  • Greater sense of community
  • Businesses re-inventing themselves
  • More people working from home
  • More people moving to Devon
  • More online communication
  • More online shopping
  • More fresh air events
  • More tourists

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Elements of the Heart Project �- how do we fulfil our mission in a Covid-19 world?

Website

Cinema space

Performance Space

Community facility

Workhub

What is the opportunity?

  • People are already missing arts and events
  • People need connection to their local area
  • We have no venue ideal for socially distanced performance, cinema or social gathering
  • Need for an online space to inform and connect

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What continues during Covid? �www.Creditoninandaround.co.uk

  • Renew and broaden content
  • Add “What’s On” section as life opens up (hopefully)
  • Add “Visiting” section
  • Continue to bid for funds
  • Continue social media to promote it
  • Significant trustee capacity required to maintain site

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Preparing for the mid to long term – living with and beyond Covid?

  • Arts/community spaces that are Covid compliant?
  • Support for groups to continue community life safely?
  • Help to retain a sense of community as we emerge from restrictions?
  • Accessing and spreading national and international examples of what can be done?

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One possible outcome – �new performance/events space complying with social distancing

  • What solutions are being tried nationally and internationally?
  • What should the structure be? Tent, warehouse, building
  • How permanent should it be? Two years, five years
  • Where in Crediton could it be located?
  • Who should we partner with? Arts Centre? Others?
  • Who should drive this work? Which Trustees?

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The Heart project conducted a comprehensive feasibility study before Covid which will inform and support this work. You can read this on our website www.creditoninandaround.co.uk

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The Crediton Heart Project �How we will organise our work

Website Group

    • Develop content

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    • Develop What’s On – Launch Feb/March ‘21

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    • Visitors section -Launch Feb/March ‘21

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    • Develop Social Media.

Finance and Governance Group

    • Financial processes to be in line with the requirements of our charitable status.

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    • Meet legal requirements of charity

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    • Board management

Facilities Group

    • Research national and international possibilities - immediate

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    • Scope support local groups might want to invigorate community events and forge partnerships – by May ‘21

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    • Scope costs, sites, resources etc – 2021/22

Funding Group

  • Continue funding bids for website

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  • Begin funding bids in line with Facilities Group’s objectives

Communications Group

    • Continue to build website and social media presence.

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    • Look for regional and national recognition for the website

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    • Plan the next competition.

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    • Support Facilities Group.

Simultaneous

Chair – Dennis Mardon

Chair – Rosemary Stephenson

Chair – John Bulford

Chair – to be confirmed

Chair – Kate Lock

�Board of Trustees – Chair – Rosemary Stephenson, all chairs of teams are Trustees