Corks Social Club Building designated an Asset of Community Value and we now have up to 12 months to raise the funds!

Bearwood Corks Social Club, which has belonged to its community members for 100 years, now needs to sell, putting Bearwood at risk of losing an important historic and community venue.

We have been talking to Mick and John who have kept the Corks going for many years. They are supportive of our desire to ensure that the building remains as an important place for our community to meet, collaborate and support each other. And it just so happens that we urgently need a permanent home in order to help us sustain the social impacts we strive for.

But, when and whether the Corks can sell to us is dependent on sufficient community & financial support.

We are very pleased that Corks now expect to be able to stay open for another 12 months due to receiving some financial support. This will be confirmed at another hearing in 6 weeks time and means, if confirmed, that current users of the Corks can keep their activities there, and the Asset of Community Value designation can stay in place. We are very happy to have the time to put together the best possible finance and funding package, while still delivering our frontline activities.

What do we need?

• We need people to pledge their support for the Save the Corks campaign and to register their interest in buying into our Community Share Offer. Not only will this go directly towards the purchase of the building but it will also help us to raise match funding from grant providers. We will keep you posted on when we will release the share offer.

• To maintain momentum we need you to share our campaign far and wide to help us reach philanthropists and social investors who can help fund the purchase of the premises - Follow the campaign on our Facebook page!