Cleeve Wood Road Shops Regeneration Group

Overview: In 2016 members of the business committee at Cleeve Wood Road shops set up an official constitution and officially formed a regeneration group committee with charitable intent. The Cleeve Wood Road Shops Regeneration Group was formed to discuss matters effecting the rank of shops, vote on issues and makes plans on how to improve the area around Cleeve Wood Road shops in Downend, Bristol. Our aim is to improve the independent shopping area at Cleeve Wood Road shops in Downend, Bristol and make it as welcoming as possible to encourage shoppers to visit. We hope to do this by both enhancing the area for visitors and by raising the profile of the rank of shops. The committee group often discusses matters online via a group discussion.

Businesses Who Support The Cause: The regeneration group kindly receives monthly donations from certain businesses within the rank of shops. The funds received by the businesses named below go towards the cost of this website and towards funding for improvements to the area around the shops.

The businesses at Cleeve Wood Road Shops who provide a financial contribution are, in alphabetical order:

We are thankful for these businesses kind donations every month.

Our Fundraising: The regeneration group also had charitable intent and in the past organised a fundraising Christmas event. All profits from the event were shared between selected charities, with a very small portion going back to the regeneration group. These events were organised by certain members of the committee who gave their time to plan and run them.

The charities supported were chosen by committee vote and were causes in the local area or with a local connection to Downend, Bristol and the surrounding area. The money raised at each event was then split between the chosen charities. Charities supported in the past have included The Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal, B.U.S.T, Help Dave Battle Brain Cancer, Bristol Outreach Services for the Homeless, Jessie May, St Peter’s Hospice, The Charlton Farm Trust, Paul’s Place, Manor House Frenchay and Heart Animal Rescue, among others.

Across previous events, the regeneration group raised a total of more than £9,000 for charity.

Charitable Status: The regeneration group falls under the “small unincorporated” charities classification as it makes less than £5,000 a year. As such we are unable to apply for charitable status and obtain a charity number as we do not make enough money to qualify. The work we do throughout the year is not for profit and is done to solely benefit either other local charities or to improve the area via the regeneration group. From gov.uk: “If your charity is based in England and Wales and isn’t a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), you don’t have to apply to register it if its annual income is less than £5,000. You can apply to the commission to register this sort of charity voluntarily but the commission will only consider applications in exceptional circumstances. For example, if you can prove that your charity has been offered significant funds but has to provide a registered charity number before it can receive the funds.” For more information about our charitable status please visit: https://www.gov.uk/unincorporated-associations.

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