£2,500 AREA BOARD GRANT
July 1, 2025
Devizes Area Board have just approved a fantastic £2,500 grant to The Patch. This is excellent news, and the award is greatly appreciated.Our warmest thanks go to the Area Board members, whose generous grant will enable us to install fire doors and upgrade the toilet f...
CONVERTING TO A CHARITY
June 25, 2025
At the CIC's June AGM our members unanimously voted for The Patch to become a charity, and to adopt the proposed constitution of a Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Click here to read the proposed constitution in full.If our application is accepted, the Charity Commis...
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
May 29, 2025
The Patch in Potterne Ltd will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) starting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 24 June at The Old School. Doors open at 7pm.The Directors propose to apply for charitable status, and all members can vote on this proposal at the AGM. Click here to read...
EXCITING NEWS!
March 18, 2025
We are delighted to say that we have now completed the first phase of the project after two and a half years.On 18 March, we purchased the former primary school and will now begin the second phase.The Directors of The Patch in Potterne CIC are extremely grateful to...
SOME GREAT NEWS!
February 19, 2025
We have some remarkably good news about the intended purchase of the former village primary school.The necessary financial arrangements are now in place for us to exchange contracts once solicitors have carried out their searches. We hope for completion of purchase by early ...
UPDATE - JANUARY 2025
January 10, 2025
Although it had seemed that we had enough gifts and pledges with which to purchase the former Potterne School, a hold-up was caused by solicitors failure to register the property with UK Land Registry. Salisbury Diocese eventually resolved the matter, however, the interim de...
NOVEMBER UPDATE
November 6, 2024
Having scanned the Budget Book (170 pages!) it would seem there is no further clarity about the future of the Community Ownership Fund (COF), to which we applied in April 2024.It is likely that Salisbury Diocese will soon put Potterne School premises on the market which, tho...
SEPTEMBER UPDATE
September 23, 2024
We had hoped to complete by Autumn 2024, following a substantial funding application to the Community Ownership Fund (COF) however, we do not yet know the outcome as the fund was placed "on hold" after the July general election.Enquiries by our MP as to the status of ou...
FUNDRAISING
August 20, 2024
Work continues apace to raise working capital for the purchase, subsequent refurbishment and initial running costs.In April this year we made a substantial funding application to the Community Ownership Fund: however, for statutory reasons, we do not yet know the outcome as ...
VILLAGE FÊTE
June 8, 2024
The Patch team enjoyed meeting locals at Potterne fête last weekend. They heard our latest news: the school is at last registered with UK Land Registry, paving the way for completion of purchase. Come to our AGM at the school 3pm Sun 30 June to learn more!...
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