£14,000 additional funding needed to build a minimum structure

Minutes/Actions from this morning’s meeting with Groundworks

Alison from Groundworks presented a plan to build a minimum structure which included:-

- Demolition of existing building
- An insulated structure and roof
- Internals prepared ready for decoration
- Fitted Health room
- Fitted Accessible toilet
- Floor finishes to the health room and accessible toilet
- First fixes for plumbing
- Security and fire alarms

The estimated cost for this work, which is the minimum amount of work we can carry out and satisfy the Primary Care Trust funding requirements, is £83k. We have £7k of committed costs and so the total cost is £90k, leaving us £14k short of this figure. We have agreed to go to tender during December, cognisant of this shortfall, but will not contract with a builder until it is resolved.

To give an approximate idea of the cost of chunks of work de-scoped which could be tackled under a further phase of work:-

- Heating £8k
- Kitchen and standard toilets £5k
- Security & External works £10k
- Storage £1k
- Floor finish to main room £2k
- Lighting to main room £3k
- Doors and partitions £4k
- Fees £5k
- Decorating £1k
Total £40k

We will need to consider other fund raising opportunities to complete the basic works