More than Bricks and Mortar
Maggie M Broadley, Executive Director, Craft Town Scotland
Project of West Kilbride Community Initiative Limited,
Registered Company SC192083 and Scottish Charity SCO28481
More than Bricks and Mortar
Development Trusts Association Scotland member
WKCIL• Umbrella charity • Membership organistion• Volunteer Board of Directors with devolved decision making
powers• Operating across various areas
Built Environment – Community Development - Creative/Crafts Environmental – Fund Management - Heritage - Town Centre Regeneration
• Generating income - grant funded
W K Town Centre: Pre-WKCIL
Big Issue
• 1996 - 21 of 41 town centrepremises boarded up or closed
W K Town Centre: Pre-WKCIL
• Huge impact on community confidence
W K Town Centre: Pre-WKCIL
• Huge impact on community cohesion
West Kilbride’s Big Idea
• Asset based – find new use for empty properties and brown field sites
• Thematic approach to town centre regeneration• Craft Studios open to the public - have West Kilbride known for the
quality and distinctiveness of its craft offering
Nah – Don’t Think So…..
1996 -1998
Local Authority, Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire & Scottish Arts Council failed to support
Lease first WKCIL property in the village – hobbyist crafts and community information centre
Organic GrowthSub title: Away and do it for yourself…......
….and so they did, 1999-2001
Established Christmas Craft Fair
Took over running of Village Hall
Purchased Old Barony Church
Established Environmental Group
With A Little Help….
2001 - The Moffat Charitable Trust purchased and refurbished the first two craft studios
2002 – 2006 Scottish Enterprise contributed £115,000 (50% match funded by local community)
Recycling – old for new
Old Barony Church2001-2010
Donated furniture
Saturday morning sales
Volunteers and a van
£27,000 best year profit
…but it wiz freezin’ n fallin doon!
Not about a building - about community and organisational needs
Cocktails anyone?
£2,212,080: Capital and revenue funding secured 2009-2017
(Capital £1,820,850; revenue £391,230)
1) £25,000: Landfill Communities Fund (administered by North Ayrshire Council
2) £923,924 capital + £391,230 revenue: GCA Big Lottery Fund Scotland
3) £439,292: Town Centre Regeneration Fund (£296,290 Barony Centre + £143,002 - Village Hall Heating + purchase of WK Initiative Centre)
4) £266,634: Ayrshire LEADER
5) £60,000: Robertson Trust:
6) £11,000: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
7) £95,000: Third Sector Enterprise Fund
Stirred not shaken….....
Bricks, Mortar and other stuffA huge undertaking…even with professional guidance
Maggie M Broadley, Craft Town Scotland
More than Bricks and Mortar
1st May 2012 - Mrs Jean Palmer opened the building with the help of her daughters, grand-daughters and great grand-daughters. Jean was married in the Barony Church on the 14th of February 1951.
The development of the Barony Centre has always been about more than bricks and mortar, buildings are made real by the people who know, use and love them…..
Pride of Place, Creative Place
Modern Languages 2012 Irish Ceramics 2013
YCS Creative Place Award Winner 2012
Pass it on…keep it aliveThe Robertson Trust Education and Masterclass studios
Café + CultureCan’t have one without the other….
• Outsourced for 3 years – taken in house in April 2015• “Taste Our Best” accredited – sourcing local+ Scottish produce• Employing local people and offering healthy choices to customers• Huge learning curve
W K Town Centre - BWKCIL
21 of 41 premises boarded up or closed – huge impact on community confidence and cohesion
CTS Effect…..
WKCIL/Craft Town properties make up 20% of the town centre units open to the public
Mapping out our place
GB High Street Awards 2015
“There are two key innovations which have transformed the village of West Kilbride: the successful development of a unique usp as a craft centre and the stunning use of an old church into a community run exhibition centre know as the Barony Centre.”
Winning ways – the journey and strength of commitment
Judges Vote:Collaboration: 10/10 Innovation: 10/10 Outcomes: 10/10
Public Vote:11,123 (42% of the Village category vote)
People power
• 7 Volunteer Board members plus voluntary External Advisory Group
• Team of 40 volunteers staff Barony Centre and support office operations, averaging 31/2 hours per week - equates to approx. £54,000 per annum ‘in-kind’ @ living wage
Worth their weight in gold…..
The ‘S’ Word – the end game?
• Asset values£1.8m (based on purchase price and redevelopment costs)
• Who is employed1 full time, 7 part-time and 4 sessional
• What’s it worth?Not just measured in monetary terms2015 Earned income 55%, 2016 January – June Earned income 46%
• Are YOU sustainable?
Value, values - how to achieve both?
