Charity’s plea over funding troubles
Tuesday 11th August 2009, 9:57AM BST.
The trust responsible for Llanfyllin’s historic workhouse says it has been forced to take a mortgage holiday because of a lack of cash.
The recent Workhouse Festival, the main fundraiser for the grade two listed building, did not raise the money expected.
Now the charity that runs the building is appealing for public to help raise the £3,500-a-month needed to keep it running.
Andrea Proffitt, spokeswoman for the Building Preservation Trust, said the figure was needed to cover the mortgage and the insurance.
“We have the workshop space rents and the holiday flat rents that will start to feed into the fundraising. But we have asked for a mortgage holiday to give us some breathing space,” she said.
“Unfortunately the Workhouse Festival did not bring in the income that we had hoped for but we are making some changes that will help with fundraising in the future.”
A new fundraiser has also been organised with the August Bank Holiday seeing the first ever Green-Fayre held at The Workhouse.
The weekend programme will see eco-focused fun with “green” workshops, lectures, children’s activities, arts, live music and entertainment.
The workhouse project is turning the historic workhouse building in Llanfyllin into a regional hub for arts, music, creativity, sustainability and education.
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The festival price hike {there is a recession on boys and girls!! wakey wakey!} didn’t help nor with Wakestock being on the same weekend too. The Blockheads while being superb musicians were always a strange choice to headline what is predominently a younger peoples event. I’m of the ‘older’ Ian Dury generation but even so could still see the pitfall on that one.
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