30/06/2026
In 1998 I was asked to setup a project, to take over the outings, that I'd previously organised and setup for the families who attended a toddler group, setup by a local church, which I ran as a volunteer, so I was lucky, as I didn't have to prove or submit the projects aims and ideas, as funding for the outings, came from the same funding group, that funded them previously through the church, but after 9 years, funding for the project Happy Families Holiday Group and many other non-profit projects, were unable to apply for funding, after the 2007 Floods and since then, applications, even well thought of ones, for funding for new projects have proved difficult and even impossible, with some having to be up and running or already able to offer aims from a proposed project, to apply for funding towards covering rental costs and so if projects need venues to run in, finding a rent free space can prove impossible, specially if utility costs need covering and even if commercial units are offered, there's the possibility of losing them, if businesses either need units or decide not to vacate ones that have been offered or units are put up for sale or funding to cover utility costs can not be found, which is why new or proposed projects need to find rent free units or space and so funding to setup new projects, should cover rental costs, even if project's aims can not be offered until a project is up and running and local councils could help, by either offering empty commercial properties on a short term rent free basis or shared space within large properties, for multiple projects for free or on a low rent basis.
