Very exciting news! Thanks to all of you who have donated – its a massive boost to have achieved this… Well done to everybody.
Total – £50,436.45
GoFundMe – £23,358 (127 donations)
Banked Cheques – £13,996 (49)
Cash – £330.00
Pledge/Promissory note – £10,000 (1)
Gifts in Kind – £2,852.45
In addition to this total, for match-funding grant applications, we can also add Gifts in Kind, whereby a contributor has paid for a service of value to Friends of Felpham CIC. For example, a donor kindly paid for a survey of the property; setting up the CIC at Companies House; printing costs were covered by certain heroic individuals, as was the cost of the banner proudly flying on the post office. To date, these gifts in kind total £3,619.48, thus making the grand total we can use for application funding £160,014.03
(Over 200 people have donated so far, from Felpham, Elmer, Aldwick, Middleton, Bognor Regis, Selsey, Surrey, London, Kent, Bedford, Wiltshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Norfolk, Smethwick, Derbyshire, Liverpool, Belfast, Yorkshire, Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles & rural France!)
DONATIONS can be made via our GoFundMe page. Cheques (made payable to 'Friends of Felpham CIC') can be handed in to the Post Office or Rolly's Accountants at 79 Felpham Road, Felpham PO22 7PF. We have a bank account with The Co-operative Bank plc, so we can also accept bank transfers.
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. We really appreciate your contributions.
How to use GoFundMe
Click the DONATE NOW button below and follow the link. Enter the amount you wish to pay in the donation box. You don't have to leave a tip. Select your payment method and the instructions on how to pay will appear eg Card details. When you've checked all is correct, click the big DONATE NOW button. All done! Thank you!
A Community Project to Preserve the Post Office
Our mission statement is for the residents of Felpham to purchase the post office and accommodation for the benefit of the community. You can email us with ideas, comments etc. here