'A Community Property Trust for High Bickington'
Speaker: Bob Paterson - University of Salford
Thursday 22nd May 2003 at 7.30pm in The Meeting Point

We invite all local residents to attend the Annual General Meeting of High Bickington Project 2003 on Thursday 22nd May 2003 at 7.30pm in The Meeting Point. An election will be held for all 14 places on the Project Committee and any adult resident of High Bickington is entitled to make nominations and vote. If you wish to stand for election to the committee or you would like to propose someone else, who has given their consent to nomination, then please give details to our current Chairman, David Brown, before the meeting if at all possible.
Bob Paterson, from The University of Salford and the Wessex Reinvestment Trust, will be exploring with us the possibility of setting up a Community Property Trust for High Bickington. One of the principle aims of this Trust would be to secure the building of affordable housing for local people and for that 'affordability' to remain in perpetuity for the benefit of local people. It may also be possible to use the Trust in securing the early achievement of our aim to have a new school and combined community facilities at Little Bickington Farm.

Please do join us if you are able. Remember Project 2003 was set up by the Parish and is for the benefit of the Parish. It is important, therefore, that the views of all residents are heard and fully considered at every stage of the Project's development.

David Brown - Chairman High Bickington Project 2000