Thanks to everyone’s support, we have raised an astonishing £861,000 towards our goal of reopening the Hop Pole as a community-owned pub and building work starts in June.
An estimated £400,000 funding gap remains, which we plan to fill through a combination of grants, volunteer labour, bringing in new shareholders and asking existing shareholders to increase their investment. As one shareholder pointed out, ‘if everyone invested another £500-£1,000 we’ll be home and dry’.
We are, however, aware that many of you have limited spare funds and other, equally important, ways of helping are joining our fundraising group and/ or identifying new shareholders who might like to own a stake in a thriving community pub - and have their name proudly displayed on our board.
To help us reopen the Hop Pole, we would be very grateful if you could spend a couple of minutes completing this short questionnaire. Thank you and please remember, every penny counts…
