The Villages of Welbeck Association

Dissolution of the Villages of Welbeck Association

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The Villages of Welbeck Association (VWA) was officially dissolved on the 19th November 2024 by Special General meeting of the Trustees in accordance with its Constitution. The vote was unanimous.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have donated to the VWA in recent years and those who have supported our fund-raising efforts by volunteering their time.

The VWA was extremely successful at fundraising for its primary focus, to get quotes for a car park on the old allotment site next to the playing fields in Cuckney. Georgina Smith is owed a huge debt of gratitude for the work she did in raising these funds.

Unfortunately, it became clear that the new car park would be a very expensive endeavour and raising funds for this would be a very difficult challenge. The only way that seemed feasible was if the car park serviced a new village hall on the site. It has also become clear that if the present, much-loved village hall in Cuckney were to fall into disuse, the case for a new village hall would be an almost impossible one to make to funders. Focus has therefore shifted to renovation and rejuvenation of the current hall.

Most of the Trustees of the VWA also sit as Trustees on Norton and Cuckney Village Hall charity or sit on the Parish Council. It was felt that the VWA as presently constituted, was trying to do the same job as the village hall charity and so the focus should be on the charity with its greater attractiveness for grant funding.

The remaining assets of the VWA were transferred to the Norton and Cuckney Village Hall charity (1041895).

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