Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre
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THE HERITAGE CENTRE - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP?
This is probably the most important message since we opened the centre, so please read on !! I have some brilliant ideas for ensuring Fred’s legacy carries on for many decades to come so that hundreds of thousands of people can see for themselves what an exceptional man Fred was, and what he was looking to achieve here at his own unique empire in the heart of the industrial north that once made Britain Great. As you are an interested supporter of Fred’s legacy I would like your valued opinion on this exciting concept for the long time preservation of Fred’s legacy, as you are no doubt aware by now our aim is to ensure the long term security of “Fred’s place”. We are now at a crossroads where “Fred’s place” needs to go to the next level. My wife and I and our dedicated team of volunteers have taken it as far as we can, having firmly established Fred’s place as a legitimate Heritage centre, with official Aquas quality accreditation and achieving charitable status.
However, in order to move it to the next stage there is a need for substantial financial input. I have some fantastic ideas for ensuring Fred’s legacy carries on for many decades to come, preserved so that hundreds of thousands of people can see for themselves what a brilliant man Fred was and what he was looking to achieve here. Now please bear in mind this is just the seed of an idea, but here’s the plan: What if a genuine and unique opportunity was offered to the public and of course Fred’s great legion of fans - you included -to have a small stake in the ownership of “Fred’s place” !! Fred was above everything else, a man of the people, a national icon and this would mean that his fans, including you, could take great pride in knowing they have helped to preserve this wonderful legacy that Fred left behind so the centre would be owned by the charitable trust we have set up, with Sir William Mcalpine as the patron. I am more than happy to still be involved in running the centre for the trust. This campaign will be administered by an independent Legal team and will be open and transparent to anyone seeking to examine the concept in depth with independent advice. If this is going to work it will need a lot of people to join in. If you support this there will be no personal involvement or responsibility for you on an administrative basis, and any responsibility will remain with the trustees, there will however be membership benefits for you that are currently being worked on. Before we incur any expenses with the legal setting up of this campaign we need to have some rough idea of how many people are willing to support it. The form below is simply an indication of whether you may be prepared to support it, it in no way commits you but it will give us some indication of its possible success. If you think you would be happy to support this please reply by 23rd January 2012 as we have a lot of work to do if it is to succeed. You may be surprised by this message, but please be fully reassured it is simply what we consider being the best option rather than allowing the centre to go on the open market and possibly get into the wrong hands after all the hard work we have put into making Fred’s dream of the house and yard being preserved and open to the public. If you did wish to support this campaign ( as we say, only in principle at this stage) it would be entirely up to you as an individual to decide how much you wish to donate, and the project will be set up perfectly legally by an independent legal team experienced in this type of campaign. To show your interest, please download the following form: Or E-mail us in the usual way via the Contacts page! It will help us a great deal if you can enlist four or more friends, family members or work colleagues to join in our campaign to own Fred’s place as it is going to need a great number of people to make it work, the campaign will also welcome support from businesses large or small. If you are on facebook and or linkedin or twitter please enlist as many of your contacts as possible to spread the message. If you do join in and support us, there will be certain benefits to members of the owners club, we are currently working out what these will be, they will include benefits such as discounts on purchases, invitations to special ownership club events, discounted tour vouchers, membership badges etc.
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