en passant wrote:
The DFCSG website has two pitches running - one for bringing the pitch up to a good standard and the other for the additional seating. Having read the details of both funds I've understood that the first requires £43,000 and the second £150,000, split into 3 parts of £50,000 each with date targets set for each stage. So why does the first pitch on the DFCSG website set the first target at £42,000 and the second as £80,000. Can someone explain the difference in the figures?
They are two separate things.
One is for people to raise £80k to boost the playing budget. The other is the Community Share Offer to raise funds to upgrade Blackwell Meadows to the required level to allow us to take part in the play-offs next season.
There's a prospectus you can download from this pitch explaining the financial aspects of the share offer in detail.
The Community Share Offer is split into 4 stages, the first of which is the most urgent and will raise funds to match an FSIF grant to do the drainage and pitch resurfacing works. The other stages are to provide the additional seating we require.
Anyone can put money in the "Boost the Budget" pitch, and you can pay a lump sum, or a monthly or weekly amount for 12 months.
For the Community Share Offer you need to be a member of (or be prepared to join) the DFC Supporters Group. Currently that costs £13 to cover membership until the end of the current membership year (31st August 2017) but, from the 1st May, it will revert to the regular price of £25 (including a £5 joining fee) but this will cover membership for a further 12 months (to 31st August 2018). Anyone joining in the next few days for £13 (membership fee is waived, currently) will then be able to renew their membership for £20 on or around the 1st September.
If you want to put into the Community Share Offer you can either join the DFCSG straight away using the separate online form, or you can make arrangements to join directly by email with the person who is running the Community Share Offer. You'll receive an email once you put into that scheme which you can replay to with any questions about what to do.
It's pretty flexible so don't let not being a current member of the DFCSG stop you from taking part in the pitch to improve the facilities at BM.
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