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WACA successfully bids for £8000 grant from Coops UK

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WACA has successfully bid for a grant from the Co-operatives UK Community Shares Development Fund.  The grant totals £8,000 and will pay for consultants to advise on the Business Plan and the Share Offer, and enable us to apply for the Community Shares Standard Mark, the kite mark for share offers. 

Cooperatives UK would not have awarded this grant unless they thought our proposed purchase of the Post Office and cafe for the community was a good way to go, so we are very pleased.

WACA Fundraising gigs in February

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ORBIT (The Oldest Rock Band In Todmorden), only one of whom now lives in Todmorden, played a stonking gig at the Wadsworth Community Centre on Saturday February 8th.  They are a good time group of excellent musicians who play 60’s and 70’s rock classics guaranteed to get the dancing going.  

The band members were keen for it to be a free gig but they kindly agreed that the WACA fundraising group could sell raffle tickets or shake a few buckets for donations.  The place was heaving with local people who we don’t normally see around but we suspect the band has a loyal rentacrowd following.  

In any event, they were all extremely generous and WACA raised over £600 while the Community Centre benefited from excellent bar sales.  So it was a win-win all round!

Huge thanks to ORBIT for giving of their time and energy and we really hope they come back again soon because it was a reet good night and everyone had such a great time. 

STEVE TILSTON, celebrated singer songwriter from the folk circuit, played a benefit gig for WACA on Friday February 28th.  Steve’s reputation goes before him so we had a good idea that this gig would be a sellout.  We count ourselves very lucky to have Steve as a local resident as he was quick to offer his services if he was able do anything to support the cause.  

Steve has been writing songs and performing for over 40 years and has made several albums.  He told the audience that he had a new album out next week which he has named “Last Call“ as he plans for it to be his last.  

We were privileged to have a preview of some of the  numbers from the new album and to have the opportunity to buy copies of his CD hot of the press. 

We are so grateful to Steve and his bass player Hugh Bradley for supporting the WACA endeavour and for the superb musicianship they shared with us at this wonderful gig.

MORE THANKS are due to BGR who made all the arrangements for the gig. We couldn’t have done it without them.

Steve was supported by folk trio The Hope Captives, a talented trio of young musicians who are part of a bigger outfit called Jiggery Folkery. 

They got the evening going with a real swing and judging by their expertise in engaging an audience, they will go far. 

MORE THANKS to these amazing local businesses who donated all the fabulous prizes for our raffles:

The Robin Hood Pub, Pecket Well

Hebden Bridge Picture House

Red Rachel, artist

Valley Organics

Pennine Cropshare

Fleur de Lys

Ratchett Pottery

The Trades Club

The Book Case

Craft and Canvas

Hebden Cheese Tours

The Blue Teapot

The Making Mill

Friendly Soap

Old Town Bee Keeping Group

Wadsworth Community Association