Cadets' home is safe thanks to funds support [Edition 2]
0 Comments | West Briton, The; Truro (UK), Jul 29, 2010 | by GINETTE DAVIES
LESS than a year after launching a fundraising campaign, work has begun on a Pounds 65,000 refurbishment project at the Falmouth and Penryn Sea Cadet unit.
The sight of scaffolding on the unit in Commercial Road, Penryn has delighted everyone, as it safeguards the building and the unit for the future. Cadets and the management committee raised the money, along with Pounds 10,000 for annual running costs, in just 11 months.
Chairman Gill Grant said: “I never thought we would get there.
“But people have been incredibly generous. Had it not happened the building would have become unusable.”
A grant of Pounds 25,000 from Sita helped kick-start the fundraising.
“I have a fantastic team of volunteers who have done all the donkey work,” said Mrs Grant. “The kids are very excited.”
Work on the first phase, external work, is now in its third week. Funds have come from a variety of sources including personal donations, yacht clubs, Rotarians and Lions, businesses, the Royal Naval Association and RNAS Culdrose and charitable trusts.
All major contributors will be remembered on a plaque to be put up when the work is complete.
Alongside fundraising, the committee has been busy with contract negotiations, planning and preparation work
work from home