THE BRATTON FLEMING COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY

The BFCBS has been working closely with the Parish Council, and we recently submitted an ‘expression of interest' (EoI) to the government's new Community Ownership Fund. This EoI is the first stage of a two-stage application process, which could provide us with up to £250k to help purchase and refurbish the pub. Any funds secured would have to be ‘matched' ie for every £1 from the fund, we would have to raise £1 from other sources, but the government would effectively double our resources. We are very pleased to say our EoI was successful, and we have been invited to submit a full application. This does not guarantee we will be allocated any funding, and putting everything in place for the full application will take some time, but we see this as an extremely positive development... Back in 2019, North Devon Council agreed to explore the option of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the pub. We had deliberately not pushed this forwards during the most trying phases of the pandemic,..

Also known as: Bratton Fleming CBS, The Bratton Fleming Community Benefit Society Ltd.