Keighley Area Health and Well Being Conference PARTNERSHIPS

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Keighley Area Health and Well Being
ConferencePARTNERSHIPS?

• Alex Brown
• John Philip
• Braithwaite Peoples Association

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Partnerships

• Established 1997 to save Keith Thompson Centre
• Our main partnerships are with the groups that
  operate within the centre and the communities in
  Braithwaite, Guardhouse, Upper Highfield
• Secondary partnerships with Area Committee and
  Incommunities

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User fees

• None to estate based user groups
• Café charged rent as social enterprise
• External bodies council etc nominal fee

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BPA structure
BPA
Full member groups
Senior citizens
Innit Mega
Parent Toddlers
Tenants
Associated member groups
KFED
Disabled Disco
Social enterprises
Learning Cafe
Lifestyle
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Income of groups

• Parent toddlers - 400
• Senior citizens - 22,000
• Disabled Group - 2,400
• KFED - 2,000
• Innit Mega - 3,500
• Help desk - nil
• All groups work on a break even basis

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Reality of funding

• Main funding for building generated by turnover
  of
• Café 68,000
• Lifestyle 7500
• Surpluses help fund the building core costs

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Funding the association

• 6,000 Bradford Council core funding
• Area Committee one off special pots
• Incommunities grant to social enterprise support
• 10,000 income fundraising
• BPA gross turnover 29,000

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Current usage

• Well established, well used
• Footfall 1500 2000 per week
• with a
• Gross turnover 135,000 pa

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Building now

• Building structure rotting away
• Only paint holding it up
• If no help could close any day now

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Future plan A

• Increase capacity
• Refurbish existing deteriorating building

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DECISION TIME

• No capital available
• CAN WE AFFORD TO LOSE THIS?
• WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
• HOW CAN YOU HELP?

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Contact

• John 01535 607151
• Alex 01535 610200 01274 257806
• alex_at_brownalex3.wanadoo.co.uk