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SOS OPEN DAY 25th May

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SOS open day of the bunting bedecked Old School Building.
First thing on Friday morning we decorated the school with a running exhibition of proposed activities, information and colourful graphics on the journey it has taken to reach this point in this community project and the roles people can play in the future. Each room was bedecked with activity descriptions, some examples on show, and questions to ask or answer to allow everyone to voice their opinions and take part in designing the community project as we get into detail.
Several old school pupils came along to swap memorable stories of schooling within this building in pre war time and beyond, and gave their stories to the SOS sub-group which is hoping to put a book together with the aid of an arts grant in the near future. As the children came streaming in after their own modern village school finished they clustered together trying out the delights of the theatre group who will be delivering many of the new activities when they rent space in the community hub of the future, delighting in being inside a school built for Victorian schoolchildren.
The cafe literature spoke of meals of the future, bespoke picnic hamper options and home made suppers from the freezer to take home and heat up. Sun streamed in from the Victorian back yard to the space that so recently was the village post office, promising shared and greening initiatives through start up business facilities, meeting table, computers and office equipment, which will be used in the afternoon by new and improving computer learners, and visitors were asked to imagine using the space for their laptop business and sharing new skills with other young entrepreneurs, or later in the day learning the technology needed to explore the internet.
As the exhibition was transferred to the Old town Hall for the evening and jam jars of flowers cleared away with the last visitors, it was sad to lock the doors against the community once again. So with renewed enthusiasm to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion villagers gathered in the Upper room of the Town Hall to finish the week planning for SOS final stages and Business plan delivery to BCC.
With the sun setting behind Mentmore the villagers were in reflective mood, a short presentation from Carol Corn who chairs SOS, Avril Davies our County Councillor, Joley Brindle who will be one of the business tenants of the future and Karen Groom the Chair of the Parish Council, all setting out their support and advice for the next moves to completion. The raffle was drawn and Alex Wynne added the takings figure to the £710 earned on Wednesday’s quiz/Auction night bringing the total to £850 to resounding applause and broad smiles from all. John Wallis will bank the monies with the Co-operative this week and form our ‘Not for private profit’ community group Bank account to take us we hope way into a productive future with our prospective new village hub! Many thanks to all those who supported this effort.
many thanks
Carol

Working party Tuesday 22nd May

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Hello,
A series of emails and phone calls later we are now sure of our timings. 10 till 1 on Tuesday 22nd May to cobweb remove, broom and dust, clean windows etc. and move display stands into the proposed cafe area space ready to adorn on Friday morning with all our resplendent graphics! Please bring your own cleaning tools and remember the loos are not to be used so we will have to hope the Town Hall is open.
Saturday is now definitely ORF!……… as we do not have the insurance or the supervision that is insisted upon,but can do some yard brooming outside the kitchen area on Tuesday 22nd May morning also as it is now ‘risk assessed’….don’t ask!! Jackie Wesley will work offsite and thus be there to insure us from 10-1…but need to get away sharpish for later meetings so this is why we are starting early.
She will open up for us at 9.30 am. on Friday 25th so that we can hang the graphics I plan to do on Thursday…..during the morning prior to the Open afternoon in the Old School.
I have an horrendous cold at the moment but hope to see you for a small meeting on Monday 21st, we have booked the settle so six people would be ideal. We will use the meeting to plan out what we need to show graphically in our afternoon exhibition and what we will add to that in presentation terms, refreshments logistics etc., for the evening meeting in the Town Hall on Friday 25th (to whicheveryone receiving this is most welcome from 7 p.m. onwards.)  
I have attached the Open day poster which is now out and about in case you have a window for it please, and an interactive word version of the Auction /Raffle form designed by Sue, for you to use for the final Skills Auction /Raffle prizes you are able to solicit, please. ( you can fill it in online and email it back to me or Sue, if you will.)
Please support this SOS week of three events with all your community zeal, telling neighbours and friends and coming along in numbers to make the last busy twelve months seem truly worthwhile in our long journey towards holding that elusive 25 year Lease we covet for the Old School Building.
We are now in possession of the survey findings which we will share on Monday evening, and are working on balancing these with all the component parts of CAT Stage 2 which we hope to show in draft form to BCC ASAP.
Many thanks for all you put into this little community
best wishes for the weekend, broom free now….
Carol Tarrant
Ivinghoe SOS

Open Day on 25th May

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The Ivinghoe Old School will be open for viewing on Friday afternoon 25th May, Jackie Wesley Localities & Communities Manager BCC and Avril Davies will be attending.

A open discussion on potential plans and ideas will take place giving a opportunity for the community to voice their opinions.

Quiz Night, Food and Auction of Promises on 23rd May

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Quiz Night, Food and Auction of Promises

Organised by SoS (Save the old school, Ivinghoe)

At last you can do something to help, and have fun at the same time! Help raise working capital Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe  Wednesday, 23rd May,  7.30pm (Food included)

Tickets available from Sue 661910, Bob and Carol, 662267 or from the pub.

£10 each Teams of 4 (5 at a push) SKILLS? May we auction your skills and services?

An hour’s ironing, 2 hours gardening, cookery lessons, CV or letter writing, portrait painting?

What could you offer to help us raise much needed funds?

Call us on the above numbers