Help us raise our roof

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The vestry roof of the Newsome Centre is in a very poor condition and needs replacing. We also need to remove the chimney which is causing structural issues,

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10 Donations worth £4289 months ago

Help us raise our roof hit its fundraising target!11 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

Help us raise our roof hit its fundraising target!11 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

11 months ago We've hit our target

150 backers!

150 people have backed Help us raise our roof!11 months ago

Whoop, 150 people have pledged since fundraising began!

138 Donations worth £4,9311 year ago

140 backers!

140 people have backed Help us raise our roof!1 year ago

Whoop, 140 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Anonymous pledged £2251 year ago

Help us raise our roof has reached 90% of its target!1 year ago

130 backers!

130 people have backed Help us raise our roof!1 year ago

Whoop, 130 people have pledged since fundraising began!

http://newsomecentre.co.uk

The Newsome Centre is a Community Benefit Society established in 2022. The board consist of representatives from the Church of England, Newsome Academy and local Kirklees Councillors. We have established the community benefit society with help from Cooperative Mutual Solutions Limited.

We have established our model rules and policies that we need to operate, hold regular Board meetings and have set up a bank account.

The purpose of a community benefit society is to serve the broader interests of the community, in contrast to co-operative societies that serve the interests of members. The 2014 Act requires a community benefit society to “carry on a business, industry or trade” that is “being, or intended to be, conducted for the benefit of the community”. But the Act does not provide any further definition or description of what a community benefit society is, creating a reliance on the FCA’s registration guidance. The FCA focuses on four key characteristics of a community benefit society:

Purpose: The FCA says that “the conduct of a community benefit society’s business must be entirely for the benefit of the community.” There can be no alternative or secondary purposes, including any that may preferentially benefit the members.

Membership: In common with all societies, community benefit societies normally have members who hold shares and are accorded democratic rights on the basis on one-member-one-vote. The FCA says “it is not usually appropriate for a community benefit society to give any particular group of members greater rights or benefits, because the society must be conducting its business for the benefit of the community. So, for example, we would expect to see community benefit societies run democratically on the basis of one-member-one-vote.

Project Owner: The Newsome Centre The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.