On Monday 28th Feb 2011, i went along to Resourcing Communities at Strathclyde Uny. the idea of the day was to scope out some pathways to helping communities develop the capacity to carry out actions, if that's too much jargon... we looked at ways of getting finance together... issuses of trust from both the investors and the communites perspectve... where the power in decision-making lies,do we operate on real democratic principles, probably not! ...Who leads communities and how do we maintain their energy & enthusiasim.
This is the first in a series so i will feedback to you our unravelings over time.
At the moment i am heavily involved in the start-up of a Community Bakery; have a look at The Doorstep Bakery on the nhtt.org.uk site. We have just completed a feasability study, that included giving away bread to twenty homes in return for their opinions on the products, I had managed to obtain access to a local family baker in Cupar (Fisher & Donaldson) to bake the breads for the trial, thanks Eric! So far all is looking good.So now we need to find a place to bake from.
I approached both Letham village hall & Collessie village hall, Colessie has made a tentative 'yes', so we are very excited that we may have a space from which we can launch our new Community business.
I plan to bring you regular diary updates on the bakery as things progress.
neil
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