Facilitating and promoting education, training and culture for the people of Sowerby Bridge
Who are we?
The Fire & Water project will create a purpose built venue to provide community training and to house arts, music and cultural events as well as providing space for other community activities.
The creation of a community space on its own is not enough to effect social, cultural and economic change so the proposed site also provides commercial areas to provide a revenue stream to ensure the sustainability of the community centre and space to house new jobs for the town.
This includes the provision of space for craftsmen, artists, and other sole traders to enhance the creativity and cultural flavor of the hub.
How to Help
We rely on your kindness for donations which we would encourage you to use localgiving to do this. Localgiving is an organisation which enables us to claim Gift Aid (we pay a small fee per transaction but this in no way matches the benefit of getting an additional 25%) for every donation if you are a tax-payer.
Localgiving also arranges periodic Match Funding events and during these events you get £10 added to your donation.
Monthly donations via standing order are better than one-off ones because they usually benefit from an increased Match Funding budget.
F&W Newsletter
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DIY Volunteer Projects
Our DIY volunteer projects usually involve general labouring and some very rudimentary joinery skills. We are also building up a bank of more skilled volunteers – electricians, plumbers, joiners and building workers but we need more – many more – to sign up to occasional work sessions.
Please contact our Administrator to sign up.
Telephone: 01422 316160
“Sowerby Bridge deserves a project like Fire & Water – a hub to host community activities and entertainment, to support employment and education, to promote the town’s history and heritage and to showcase the talents of our many local artists.”
“I hope that Fire & Water will see an increased sense of pride and ownership by the local community in something unique that provides the people of Sowerby Bridge, with their active support and involvement, with a centre of excellence.”