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Fund Raising
Fund raising was important in the early days of the co-op. With little rental income from only a few houses, we simply weren’t accumulating much surplus, and were only providing about £65 decorating allowance per house. Early Jumble Sales were quite ineffectual, sometimes raising less than £5. This got better in ’83 & ’84… (£62, £40 & £43). These continued, off and on until about 1986.
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We put on several fund raising gigs at the Crystal Rooms. One, in December ’82 was quite catastrophic. According to our first Newsletter, the band lost 2 drummers before splitting up, 20 people turned up before leaving early, The Bar had lost its deposit, and, of course the whole thing made a loss! A year earlier, we had much more success with a gig at the Mecca, in Arundel St. We had tried unsuccessfully to get THE CLASH, but settled for THE AU PAIRS, and a band from London called B.M.U.S. Publicity was better, and this raised several hundred pounds.
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| Meeting Underway |
Meeting Underway |
Several years later, we held a ‘Soul Hits’ Disco, and a gig at South Parade Pier raised £170. Other innovations included a member cutting hair, for 50p each, and a sponsored Darts match, although I can’t remember how this worked.
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For many years, the co-op had a Fund Raising Officer, and fund raising team. It was seen as a good way of involving members in the co-op, as were the Building / Maintenance, and Publicity / Education groups. The Officer and Team continued until March ’86 when it was phased out, and an agreement that future activities should continue on an ad-hoc basis, as and when needed.
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