ROCKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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1 ROCKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN Mark Stewart m s a r c h t e c t u r e 34A Musters Road West Brdgford Nottngham NG2 7PL T F E mark@msarch.co.uk Ref: 0838 December 2009 Rockngham Vlage Hall - 1

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3 RO C K I N G H A M V I L L AG E H A L L AU D I E N C E D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N Contents 1 Executve Summary 2 Introducton 3 Stakeholders and consultatons 4 Descrpton of the ste and hertage value 5 The local context 6 Current audences and barrers to nvolvement 7 Related ntatves 8 Analyss and practcal reason 9 Potental for audence development and objectves 10 Acton plan to acheve the objectves for each target audence Appendx 1 Appendx 2 Appendx 3 Appendx 4 Appendx 5 Statstcal data from 2001 census Key Stakeholders Schedule of related documents Rockngham Castle educaton documents Operatonal busness plan Rockngham Vlage Hall - 3

4 1 Executve Summary 1.1 The plan dentfes two man audence groups and ther requrements a) local communty actvtes. b) key stage 1-2 school chldren from across the regon learnng about the hertage of Rockngham. 1.2 Local communty Wth the buldng havng been n use as the Vllage Hall snce 1947 ts use by the local communty s well understood. However there s potental to grow ths audence partcularly from the surroundng vllages where there are some 3825 people resdent wthn a comfortable fve mnute drve. Currently 27% of the users are from Rockngham although Rockngham only represents 3% of the local rural populaton. Addtonally the centre of Corby s wthn a ten mnute drve tme gvng access to over 40,000 further people. The Hall has a range of establshed actvtes. Some of these actvtes are well attended and ther audences should be secured and protected. Other actvtes have spare capacty and ther audence should be ncreased n order to protect the actvty. The Hall has spare tme table capacty to accommodate addtonal regular and one off events. There s scope to provde addtonal events from the local communty, partcularly from the potental audences who are under represented n the current actvtes, such as people n the age groups. Addtonally there s scope to use the Vllage Hall as a place of outreach learnng by a regonal college. The local populaton has a sgnfcant lack of access to learnng about ther hertage. Learnng s a sgnfcant ssue n the Borough wth some 38% of the populaton of workng age havng no qualfcatons. 1.3 Key stage 1-2 school chldren from the regon The Vllage Hall also has the potental to develop nto a unque educaton resource for key stage 1 and 2 school chldren from across the regon. An ntal nqury seekng expressons of nterest from the 389 schools wthn a 45 mnute coach trp had a postve very response. The potental for the use of the buldng by schools as an educaton resouce to explore the hertage of the vllage could develop the exstng market of school vsts to Rockngham Castle. Currently the Castle attracts some 4,500 chldren per year. At present some schools extend ther vst beyond the Castle to nclude the Church and a fewer number go on to vst the vllage. The Castle has the beneft of secure coach parkng but does not have an educaton room. The Castle are keen to nclude the Vllage Hall as a bookable opton n ther tnerary to both broaden ther appeal and attract the vstng chldren to learn more about the vllage. 1.4 Concluson The Vllage Hall project s well placed to successfully delver audences that make good use of the Vllage Hall as both a communty faclty and as an educatonal resource whch would encourage partcpaton and learnng about the Hertage of Rockngham. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 4

5 uppngham gretton brnghurst great easton caldecot rockngham cottngham mddleton east carlton corby Rockngham Vlage Hall - 5

6 2 Introducton 2.1 The project s the refurbshment of the Vllage Hall n Rockngham. 2.2 The Vllage Hall was orgnally bult as the Vllage School n It opened wth nnety pupls from Rockngham and the neghbourng vllages. Wth the subsequent openng of other vllage schools and a dwndlng local populaton the school was closed n 1946 when the roll had fallen to nne chldren. 2.3 Snce 1947 the school has been used as the Vllage Hall. Rockngham Vllage Hall s a regstered charty and the buldng s leased from James Saunders Watson of Rockngham Castle. The orgnal buldng s farly ntact. It s structurally sound but much of the fabrc and servces are n need of attenton. In 1951 the buldng was extended at the rear to provde storage and tolet facltes. Whlst ths accommodaton s useful t s n poor condton and sgnfcantly detracts from the character and nterest of the buldng and wll be replaced as part of the project works. 2.4 Rockngham s a remarkable Vllage. Domnated by the castle on the hll wth mostly all of the buldngs, ncludng the telephone kosk, beng lsted. It s an Estate Vllage, lnear n form and bult along Man Street whch clmbs the hll up to the Castle. Most of the buldngs are leased from James Saunders Watson of Rockngham Castle, and as a consequence the Vllage retans much of ts archtectural and hstorc value. 2.5 The Vllage Hall s n regular use by the local communty of Rockngham and s also used by the surroundng vllages of Brnghurst, Caldecot, Cottngham, East Carlton, Great Easton, Gretton, Mddleton and neghbourng Corby. 2.6 The purpose of ths plan s to assess the potental to develop the use of the buldng n order to protect ts long term vablty and to assess the scope for learnng more about the hertage of the former school and the vllage. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 6

7 3 Stakeholders and consultatons Stakeholders contact detals are ncluded n Appendx Stakeholders are dvded nto the followng groups:- 3.2 Responsblty for the Vllage Hall All partes have been consulted on the Conservaton Management Plan and a draft of ths document. Rockngham Vllage Hall, whch leases the buldng and are responsble for ts management. James Saunders Watson of Rockngham Castle who owns the buldng. The Castle was also consulted on a jont venture n respect of school vsts. The Castle has a postve approach to encouragng school vsts. They receve some 4,500 chldren per year, wth an average tour sze of 35 makng some 120 group vsts. They have offered an opportunty to lnk nto the Castle s exstng market, experence and operatons and servces ncludng marketng. The Castle has educaton packs whch cover a range of topcs whch makes for a varety of reasons for schools to vst Rockngham. Some schools extend ther vst to the Church and a fewer number go on to vst the vllage. The Castle has the beneft of secure coach parkng but does not have an educaton room. They would be keen to nclude the Vllage Hall as a bookable opton n ther tnerary to both broaden ther appeal and attract the chldren nto the vllage. 3.3 Local Government wth responsblty to develop learnng, hertage arts and a culture. All partes have been consulted on the Conservaton Management Plan and a draft of ths document. v v Rockngham Parsh Meetng. Blly Dalzel, the Hertage Development worker and Corby Borough Councl. Gl Freeman of Cultural and Healthy Communtes, Northamptonshre County Councl. Adult Learnng Servces, Northamptonshre County Councl. East Mdlands Museums Servce. 3.4 Exstng users Exstng users have been made aware of the consultaton to local people and encouraged to return ther responses to the questonnare. In 2006, exstng users were surveyed on ther use of the Hall. The results of ths are ncluded n ths plan n the secton on current audences. 3.5 Local people. A user questonare was carred out n Rockngham Vlage Hall - 7

8 A consultaton leaflet gvng nformaton on the project was delvered to some 1,800 homes n Rockngham and the surroundng vllages n May v Copes of the Conservaton Management Plan have been made avalable n the Vllage Hall and Vllage shop and on the Vllage webste [ A publc meetng was held n May 2009 to dscuss the project. 3.6 Schools n the Regon The plan has dentfed Key Stage one and two schools [chldren 5-11 years old] as a potental new audence. Expressons of nterest n the use of the buldng as an educatonal resource were sought from the 389 schools wthn a 45 mnute coach trp. 3.6 Funders Hertage Lottery Fund [Ref PP ]. Other funders to be dentfed. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 8

9 4 Descrpton of the ste and hertage value 4.1 Locaton The ste stands wthn the centre of Rockngham. Rockngham s a small vllage wth hstorc lnks to the surroundng vllages of Brnghurst, Caldecot, Cottngham, East Carlton, Great Easton, Gretton, Mddleton and neghbourng Corby whch s wthn a ten mnute drve tme. rockngham Rockngham Vlage Hall - 9

10 4.2 Facltes v The ste has an operatonal car park and a parkng lay-by on the street whch could be used as a coach drop off. To the front s a grass area wth addtonal grass areas and a play area to the rear. Followng the proposed refurbshment the buldng wll comprse of a large Hall (7.6 x 14m) wth storage, a small Meetng Room (4.5 x 5.5m), a ktchen and tolet facltes. The alteratons are desgned so as to mnmse car park and water usage and thereby reduce runnng costs. 4.3 Hertage value Whlst the buldng s not lsted t has been dentfed as a buldng of specal archtectural and hstorc nterest that makes a postve contrbuton to the character of the Conservaton Area. Its archtecture reflects the local vernacular and ts early and nnovatve use of plate glass and Arts and Crafts mannerst detals are of archtectural and hstorc sgnfcance. The orgnal form of the buldng s ntact and wll be protected by the proposed refurbshment works. The Vllage Hall s of mportant hertage value to the socal and archtectural nterest of Rockngham. Ths s a remarkable Vllage wth most of the buldngs, ncludng the telephone kosk, beng lsted. It s an Estate Vllage, lnear n form and bult along Man Street whch clmbs the hll up to the Castle. Most of the buldngs are leased from James Saunders Watson of Rockngham Castle and as a consequence the Vllage retans much of ts archtectural and hstorc value. 4.4 Management structure The buldng s owned by the Estate who lease t to Rockngham Vllage Hall, a regstered charty. The charty are responsble for the repar of the buldng and a management commttee makes all the executve decsons. The commttee delegates responsblty to members and other nterested partes who manage the programme of events, bookngs etc. and organse the repar and mantenance of the buldng. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 10

11 external store e n t r a n c e e x t e n s o n h a l l ramped access path car parkng p l a y a r e a c a r p a r k ROCKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL b l o c k p l a n - o p t o n F ms a rchtecture 34A Musters Road West Brdgford Nottngham NG2 7PL emal@msarch.co.uk Scale 1.500@A F Rockngham Vlage Hall - 11

12 s t o r e 1 u p p l a n t ROCKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL ground floor - opton F msa rchtecture 34A Musters Road West Brdgford Nottngham NG2 7PL emal@msarch.co.uk Scale 1.100@A F.0 02 A k t c h e n e n t r a n c e a w c h a l l m e e t n g r m Rockngham Vlage Hall - 12

13 m. w c u p f. w c ROCKINGHAM VILLAGE HALL frst floor - opton F ms a rchtecture 34A Musters Road West Brdgford Nottngham NG2 7PL emal@msarch.co.uk Scale 1.100@A F.0 03 A s t r. 2 s t r. 3 s t r. 4 Rockngham Vlage Hall - 13

14 5 The local context 5.1 The localty There are seven prncpal vllages wthn a fve mnute drve tme wth a total populaton of Rockngham Rockngham s qute a small vllage wth a populaton of approxmately 115, whch s only 3% of the local rural populaton. It s an attractve vllage and outwardly appears to have all the trappngs of a relatvely affluent communty. However, t s an unusual vllage n that vrtually all the houses belong to the Estate. Of the 52 resdences only 8 are owner occuped. It s n fact a relatvely poor communty wth 37% of the populaton of workng age havng no qualfcaton, 19% of the households not havng access to a car and 19% of the populaton havng a long term debltatng llness. v The vllage has a small shop and cafe and a vllage pub. v Apart from the church there are no other publc meetng spaces n the vllage. a] Caldecott Populaton of 256. Two pubs and a small dlapdated vllage hall. b] Drayton Populaton of 146. Church and a small dlapdated vllage hall. c] Cottngham Populaton of 912. Church, Methodst Church, three pubs, a school and an annex. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 14

15 d] East Carlton Populaton of 270. Church and a crcket pavlon. e] Great Easton Populaton of 558. Church, pub and a small vllage hall. f] Gretton Populaton of Church, Baptst Church, three pubs and a vllage hall of smlar scale and condton to Rockngham g] Mddleton Populaton of 328. A pub. h] Corby Town The centre of Corby s wthn a ten mnute drve tme gvng access to over 40,000 people. 5.3 Corby Borough Rockngham s wthn the Borough of Corby. Corby s a new town bult to servce the former steel workers. Snce the closure of the steel works t has struggled to thrve and the general populaton s relatvely under prvleged whch s borne out n the statstcal nformaton. Indces of Desttuton 2007 the people of Corby were ranked 279th for ncome and 243rd for employment. v The soco-economc classfcaton n 2001 descrbes the populaton as: Rockngham Vlage Hall - 15

16 Corby East Mdlands England Hgher manageral/professonal 5% 7% 9% Full tme students 5% 7% 7% Persons of workng age wth no qualfcatons 39% 32% 29% Housng owner occuped 21% 31% 29% Lfe expectancy Transport lnks Rockngham s well served by the A6003 whch passes through the vllage between Corby and Uppngham wth a good rural road network connectng the nearby vllages. Publc transport s restrcted to a very lmted bus servce. The tmetable precludes the use of publc transport to attend tmed events at the Hall. By necessty the local vllages have a hgh level of access to a car, 11% have no access to car and ths s manly the elderly secton of the populaton. 5.5 Current access to hertage n Corby Borough Ths s lmted to the dsplays at nearby East Carlton Park, wth focus on the former steelworks at Corby and to a lesser extent natural hstory. A small Hertage Centre funded by HLF s n preparaton n Old Corby wth a Hertage worker wth responsblty to outreach nto the whole Borough. Rockngham Castle, a prvate estate opened to the publc on Bank Holdays and Sundays. The Castle also has organsed school trps wth some 4500 chldren vstng per year. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 16

17 5.7 In summary Whlst the vllage populaton s very small the Vllage Hall s at the centre of a much larger local rural communty. The local rural communty has lmted access to smlar facltes. At present the local rural communty can only access the Hall va prvate car. Although car ownershp s by necessty relatvely hgh. v Corby ranks very poorly n the Indces of Desttuton v The local rural communty and the Borough of Corby have lmted access to learn about hertage. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 17

18 6 Current audences and barrers to nvolvement 6.1 The current audence can best be understood by lookng at the nformaton avalable: tmetable of events from 2008 survey of wth Key stage 1 schools n the regon user survey carred out n 2006 questanare and publc consulaton carroed out n Weekly bookngs Mondays Tuesdays - Badmnton club [evenng] - Coffee Club (am)+ Keep Ft (evenng) Wednesdays - Badmnton Matches (some evenngs) Thursdays - Meetngs (generally evenngs) ncludng: Vllage Hall Meetngs: Parsh Meetngs Rural Area Forum Meetngs (Corby councl) Vllage Plan Meetngs PCC Meetngs HLF meetngs Conservaton Area apprasal meetngs BNA meetngs and semnars. Church Weddng plan meetngs Annual Vllage Hall Fund Rasng events These are are well attended by people from local vllages ncludng: Other bookngs Dog Show 40`s Nght Annual Flower Show Vllage Barbecue Whst Drves throughout wnter months Cnema Nghts wth Oundle Cnema Prvate partes (5) Chldren s Partes (15) Chrstenng Partes (2) Macmllan Lunch Funeral Wake (2) Pollng Staton Rockngham Vlage Hall - 18

19 6.3 School vsts to the Castle v v v Very few of the 4,500 school chldren who vst the Castle every year come down to the vllage. The current barrer to ths beng the lack of nformaton beng avalable to vstng schools, the busy road and the lack of any facltes for school chldren n the vllage. In 2009 expressons of nterest where sought by a postal questonnare of the 389 Key Stage 1 and 2 schools wthn a 45 mnute coach trp to asses the potental for school vsts to the Hall and Vllage. wth no refence to the ncluson of the Castle. Ths receved a 5% response wth 96% of those who reponded beng postve sayng they would use the faclty. The nterest from the geographc area consulted [389 schools] showed that the catchment area was very large and ths s bourne out by the dstances currently travelled by schools vstng the Castle. The only reason gven for beng unlkely to use the faclty was problem wth dstance - too far for a vst, where the drave tme was n excess of 45 mnutes. Postve comments beng:- Role play workshops related to Vctorans would be useful. Would very much lke to be ncluded. The actual element of hstorcal enqury runs across all year groups. Local study of Slverstone n past and now s studed n year 3 but other elements ncluded n other years, e World War 1 n year 6, lookng at local records, war memoral etc. Usng artefacts and allowng the chldren to become hstory detectves s a great way to get them thnkng about the objects they are lookng at. Ths could be a vtal learnng resource. Our own school (stll used) dates back to Looks nterestng. Please keep us up to date wth proposed openng. Would be a great resource for studyng the Vctorans. We would possbly consder usng ths faclty for our year 2 topc of Vctorans. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 19

20 v Locaton of schools returnng ther questonnare wth a postve response. rockngham Rockngham Vlage Hall - 20

21 6.4 A survey of 47 exstng users was carred out n The sgnfcant fndngs on vstor profles beng: a] Of these users who completed the questonnare all supported the proposal to restore the Hall and redecorate the tolet and ktchen areas. b] Groups defned by sex: Male 46% Female 54% c] Groups defned by age range: % % % % d] Groups defned by where they lve n Rockngham: Rockngham 23% Elsewhere 77% e] Groups defned by frequency of use: More than once per week 8% Weekly 19% More than once per month 11% Monthly 49% B-monthly 8% Annually 5% f] The questonnare asked for comments and receved the followng:- The Vllage Hall has always been at the centre of vllage actvtes and ts contnued avalablty s essental to vllage lfe. To keep the Vllage Hall vable the suggested mprovements and restoraton are essental. I beleve that f we can modernse and extend the Hall t would make t possble to take on other events. It wll be used a great deal more wth redevelopment and wll strengthen the already close and frendly vllage. The Vllage Hall s the heart of the communty. Redevelopment can brng more use by outsde people. We have many other vllagers from neghbourng vllages usng the facltes. I thnk the orgnal part of the Vllage Hall should be restored but not changed. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 21

22 A Vllage Hall s an ntegral part of the vllage communty and should be valued. The Hall serves a very happy envronment for the old and young of the vllage. Keep up the good work. We need to keep our Vllage Halls open and workng for the people of the vllages. Great place to have used regularly, needs a facelft then wll attract more events. Sutable path outsde. Church servces to be held n the Hall. Many people would attend because the hll s mpossble for the elderly. 6.5 A publc meetng and a consultaton leaflet gvng nformaton on the project was delvered to some 1,800 homes n Rockngham and the surroundng vllages n May The sgnfcant fndngs vstor and local potental profles beng:- v v On all the actvtes there was a 300% ncrease n partcpaton f the exstng facltes were to be refurbshed. Some 65% of the respondents would be nterested n learnng more about local hertage and usng a hertage tral. Whlst Rockngham had the greater percentage of return of questonnares at 15%, the vllage only accounted for some 16% of all respondents. Wth 84% of the respondents beng from outsde of the vllage ths shows a strong potental market from the wder rural communty. Addtonally, some 10% of the respondents came from outsde of the mmedate local communty agan showng how accessble the Hall s to an even wder audence for partcular events. Comments nculded: Local support: Rockngham Vllage hall s very mportant to the communty and myself and my husband have always supported t. and Whatever else you do- keep up the very frendly recepton that vstors receve. Need for effectve advertsement and notce to the wder local rural communty: Unless the marketng of the hall events s mproved, Gretton resdents wll contnue to be completely unaware of what Rockngham hall has to offer. and We do not use the hall at all as we aren t told of actvtes that take place there. and More publcty about events (not at the last mnute) would be apprecated. Comfort: Could we have paddng on chars, as at the moment they are a lttle hard. Mxed uses: We use hall for yearly Marrage Day for couples gettng marred n Gretton, Rockngham, Cottngham & East Carlton and Good play park for grandchldren! And from an exstng wth a dfferent vew to the man theme of the responses Whlst better facltes are requred, ths would not be lkely to change the frequency of our use of the hall. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 22

23 6.6 Summary of exstng audence and barrers to nvolvment. v v The users are farly equally splt male/female wth 66% beng over 31. From observaton the majorty of users are 50+. The exstng users are loyal wth 83% usng the Hall at least once per month. Ths loyalty was reflected n the postve theme of the comments. Whlst Rockngham only makes up for 3% of the local rural populaton, t provdes 23% of the exstng users. For the local rural audence to be fully represented n the audence the actvtes need to be marketed to the whole audence and not just Rockngham. The sgnfcant barrer to nvolvement s the dlapdated condton of the buldng s facltes. 6.7 Barrers to nvolvement The followng dagram classfes varous barrers to nvolvement as: sgnfcant present not sgnfcant Rockngham Vlage Hall - 23

24 Rockngham Vlage Hall - 24 Barrers to nvolvement organsatonal physcal sensory ntellectual cultural fnancal Work full-tme Work part-tme Unemployed Retred People on low ncomes Access to car No access to car Women Men Famles wth babes Famles wth pre-school chldren Famles wth school age chldren Young adults Older people Physcal health problems Mental health problems Vsual mparments Hearng mparments Moblty mparments Learnng dffcultes Dfferent communtes Frst language not Englsh School students Further educaton students Hgher educaton students Adults learners Wth qualfcatons Wth no qualfcatons Local resdents People n locally Day trppers Toursts from wthn the UK Toursts from abroad Schools vstng the castle

25 6.8 On completon of the proposed buldng works the barrers to the Project and the Hall are mnmal and can be summarsed as: v Fnancal. Although the costs of attendng events wll be farly low, ths wll stll preclude some unemployed or famles on low ncomes. Transport. As a sgnfcant percentage of the potental audence does not lve n Rockngham, to attend the Hall the audence wll requre transport whch wll preclude famles wth no access to a car or lmted access at the tme transport s requred to and from events. People wth learnng dffcultes or physcally dsabled and dependent on assstance. The people who would not be attracted to the type of events avalable, at present n partcular ths s an age related ssue. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 25

26 6.9 The dentfed barrers to the project can be addressed by: Fnancal. Although the costs of attendng events wll be farly low, ths wll stll preclude some of the unemployed or famles on low ncomes. Ths could be addressed by a postve approach to dscountng the cost to those on low ncomes. a) Events organsed by the Vllage Hall, organsers can advertse dscounted rates and adopt a dscrete approach to ther postve mplementaton. b) Formal courses admnstered by a college whch hres the Hall. Dscountng can be provded va the college n accordance wth ts polcy on fees. c] Less formally organsed where the Hall s let to run courses and events. The rent could be adjusted to take account of the percentage of people attendng who are on a low ncome so that the dscount can be passed on to the ndvdual users. Transport. As a sgnfcant percentage of the potental audence does not lve n Rockngham, to attend the Hall the audence wll requre transport whch wll preclude famles wth no access to a car or lmted access at the tme transport s requred to and from events. Ths can be addressed by allocatng fundng to organse and, f requred, contrbute to the cost of transport, ether by volunteer car owners, mn bus hre or tax. People wth learnng dffcultes or physcally dsabled and dependent on assstance. Ths can be addressed by the organsaton of a group of voluntary mentors who can assst users n attendng the Hall. v v path from church The people who would not be attracted to the type of events avalable, at present n partcularly ths s an age related ssue. Ths can be addressed by provdng a broader range of actvtes and promotng the use of the Hall by those who currently are not attracted to the Hall. The appontment of youth leaders to promote key events to attract under represented markets. The barrers to attractng a porton of the exstng audence from the Castle can be overcome by makng the Hall avalable to schools and ncludng ths n the Castle s bookng tnerary. It would also requre makng the route from the Castle [where there s a safe coach park] down to the Vllage Hall safer for montored groups of school chldren. There s a good path whch comes down from the Castle to the Church and whch extends down to the vllage street. However there s a farly abrupt turn to the path where t jons the path by the sde of the road. Ths could be made safer wth pedestran protecton. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 26

27 Vllage Hall route Church Rockngham Vlage Hall - 27 Castle

28 7 Related ntatves 7.1 The proposals are n accordance wth the followng local ntatves: 7.2 Corby BC Acton Plan - revsed 2006 Ths sets out Corby s plan for encouragng and developng the Arts. The project n Rockngham supports ths partly n provdng a faclty whch can be used to sustan polcng on Arts educaton, healthy lvng, communty development and ensurng young people have access to a range of arts and creatve actvtes. 7.3 Conservng Corby, A Hertage Strategy for Corby Borough Ths sets out the Councl s strategc context and dentfes actons for protectng and makng more of the hertage resources of the borough. The polcy gves prorty to varous areas ncludng rasng awareness, ntegratng hertage nto polces of economc and socal development, development and preservaton of hertage assets. The polcy also dentfes key groups of people who would beneft from the mplementaton of the strategy, ncludng:- Educaton groups Young people Happenn Hertage - an arts based project for 9-19 year old Establshed resdents Local nterest groups Incomers and new resdents Stage 2 of the mplementaton of ths strategy was the appontment of a Hertage Offcer, who s an actve stakeholder n the development of the project at Rockngham. v Stage 4 looks ahead to projects whch wll develop, project and nterpret the hertage resources of the borough. 7.4 Corby Culture 2010: a cultural strategy for Corby A gude to developng cultural provson n Corby whch advses people are proud of ther hertage although more could be done to help people understand ther past. 7.5 Northamptonshre County Councl: A strategy for culture and sport n Northamptonshre Ths strategy seeks to develop a vson for culture and sport by Rockngham Vlage Hall - 28

29 7.6 Northamptonshre County Councl: Hertage strategy for the County. 7.7 Northamptonshre County Councl: Northamptonshre sports delverng plan. 7.8 Northamptonshre County Councl: Emergng arts detals plan. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 29

30 8 Analyss and practcal reason 8.1. SWOT s a tool to show strengths, weaknesses, opportuntes and threats facng the project wth regard to the audences the project wll attract. Strengths and weaknesses are nternal organsatonal factors whle opportuntes and threats are external. Ths SWOT analyss s assesssed on the current poston and after delvery of the buldng project. threats - current buldng s poor condton. necessty for sgnfcant captal expense to address the buldng s poor condton. and after delvery nablty to sustan and enhance the use of the buldng and receve the ncome ths generates. should fnancal support from Corby Borough Councl ( 675 n 2008) be wthdrawn. locaton on a busy road wth lmted car parkng. weaknesses - current buldng under used unable to fund repars and renewals from current levels of revenue, poor facltes for the dsabled. and after delvery nablty to sustan and enhance the use of the buldng and receve the ncome ths generates. small vllage populaton. no core fundng - to sustan revenue at requred levels to allow for repars and renewals. local populaton has lmted means to fnancally support the buldng. no actve local hstory socety. opportuntes - current Interestng buldng n an attractve and hstorc vllage potental to use the strong assocatons wth the Castle and ther exstng audence. strong commtment from stakeholders. buldng dentfed as beng of specal archtectural and hstorc nterest and located n a desgnated Conservaton Area and surrounded by lsted buldngs. Hertage Lottery support for the project. support from Corby BC wth lnks to the Hertage Development Offcer. support va the Hertage Development Offcer from East Mdlands Museums Servce. project fts well nto local and regonal Government ntatves. large populaton wthn the surroundng vllages and Corby tself wth lmted competton from smlar szed venues. potental to use the Hall n assocaton wth a local college for adult educaton. and after delvery successfully funded project would provde a faclty of good qualty. lmted exstng hertage nformaton n the area. strengths - current project developed to a pont where the purpose, necessty and scope of the project can be defned. strong and vable volunteer group whch has a wde range of expertse and experence. exstng use wth establshed form creatng local knowledge for the bass of the projects development. strong level of nterest expressed from the 390 Key Stage 1 and 2 schools n the general localty. venue provdes a Hall of a good sze. venue s set wthn secure grounds whch ncludes a chldren s play area. secure tenancy wth a low rental responsblty. no staffng costs and many of the out gongs relate to the extent of the buldng use and there s no sgnfcant necessty to acheve hgh commercal levels of ncome. strong communty nterest n the Hall and the project and after delvery low carbon and water use and consequental utlty blls. low mantenance costs. equalty of access to the servces and facltes to be provded. publc access to hertage. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 30

31 8.2 Internal strengths can be developed by: a) Mantanng the local volunteer base. b) Expandng the local volunteer base to nclude representatve from the other vllages n the localty. c) Expandng the local volunteer base to nclude younger people. d) Develop the use of the buldng as a base to explore the hertage of the area by organsatons, partcularly schools. 8.3 External opportuntes can be developed by: a) Acceptng the offer from the Castle amd lnk the use of the Vllage Hall nto ther exstng school audence. b) Mantanng lnks wth stakeholders. c) Developng new stakeholders and potental project funders. d) Developng lnks wth local educaton colleges. 8.4 Internal weaknesses can be addressed by: a) Securng fundng for the proposed buldng works. Carryng out the works to nclude for mprovng dsabled access b) Develop a Local Hstory Socety. As Rockngham has such a small populaton ths s more lkely to be successful f t s lnked to another establshed socety or another vllage or group of vllages. 8.5 External threats can be addressed by: a) Securng fundng for the necessary captal works. b) Secure longer term core fundng. c) Include steps to make the arrval, departure and use of the buldng safe from the heavy traffc. The Governments proposed ntroducton of 20 mph speed lmts n bult up areas would be of partcular value n Rockngham. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 31

32 9 Potental for audence development. Tmetable capacty of the Hall 9.1 The Hall has sgnfcant spare tmetable capacty to be able to accommodate addtonal regular events or one off functons and prvate partes. The current avalablty beng: Monday - am and pm Tuesday - pm Wednesday - am, pm and 50% of evenngs. Thursday - am and pm and 40% of evenngs. Frday - am, pm and evenng. Saturday - all day. Used for Whst drves every month from September to Aprl. Sunday - all day. 9.2 In the week there s sgnfcant spare capacty, Wth loose tme tablng splt nto am, pm and evenng, there are four free mornngs, fve free afternoons and two evenngs that are regularly free [excludng Frday evenng]. 9.3 Although Frday evenng, Saturday and Sunday are not popular tmes for regular classes and clubs, they are popular tmes for one off partes and functons. Exstng audence 9.4 There s a strong and supportve exstng audence whch t s mportant to mantan. The needs of the exstng users should be assessed and ther practcal requrements accommodated. Ths could relate to keys/access/heatng/cleanlness/securty. Expandng the local audence 9.5 Wth 27% of the current audence comng from Rockngham and Rocknghan representng only 3 % of the local populaton, there s sgnfcant scope to develop the local audence to attend the exstng functons and develop new ones. 9.6 There s a need to establsh n more detal what potental audences want n order to understand how to attract new audences 9.7 Ths needs to be targeted to a range of potental users, partcularly to a young and younger adult audence who at present are not usng the Hall a great deal. 9.8 Learnng s a sgnfcant ssue n the Borough wth some 37% of the populaton of workng Rockngham Vlage Hall - 32

33 age havng no qualfcatons. Tresham College s the local educaton college. It s based n Ketterng and has a campus n Corby. Wthn other localtes t uses smaller venues to out reach academc, vocatonal and lesure learnng nto local communtes. The Vllage Hall has the facltes to be part of ths larger learnng communty. 9.9 The local populaton has a sgnfcant lack of access to learnng about ther hertage. Wth the support of the Borough s Hertage Development Offcer the project has developed lnks wth the HLF funded Hertage Centre n Old Corby. The Vllage Hall s sgnfcantly larger than the Hertage centre, s of a dfferent character and buld perod and s located wthn a sgnfcantly dfferent hstorc and rural settng whch gves scope to accommodate events whch complment the Centre. Developng a regonal audence 9.10 Practcally the Vllage Hall can address a local need but t would not provde unque facltes that other Vllage Halls provde for ther localtes. As such the regonal attracton would need to be based on what makes Rockngham Vllage Hall unque. As a former school set wthn an nterestng and attractve vllage wth an exstng mportant tourst and edcucatonal venue at the Castle, the use by vstng schools offers the greatest opportunty to attract regonal audences The Hall has facltes that could be used by schools and form a base from whch to explore the Vllage. The purpose beng to ncrease learnng opportuntes and the cost of a vst can be kept to a nomnal charge to cover runnng expenses and cleanng. Teachng resources can be provded n the form of dsplays, teacher notes, worksheets and vllage trals on the socal and natural hstory of the vllage. These would be desgned to ft nto the Natonal Currculum for key stages 1 and 2 n the areas of local hstory and Vctoran Brtan. Ths would nclude : Changng dsplays whch would cover a range of hertage related themes. Tme lnes of hstorc evdence n Rockngham provdng chronologcal understandng. Events, people and changes n the past from local evdence of the effect of sgnfcant events. Usng artefacts and themes of educaton, famly lfe, lves of chldren, toys, normal and workng lves from the past and comparng these wth the present. Hstorc nterpretaton, lookng at dfferent forms of hstorcal evdence, archaeology, wrtten word, photographc and museum artefacts n the form of loan boxes. Hstorcal enqury, lookng at source materal and answerng questons about the past. Organsaton and communcaton, talkng, wrtng and usng ICT. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 33

34 9.15 The Castle have offered to nclude the Hall and access to the church and vlllage as a opton n ther vstors packs. Ths would offer the Hall as an educaton room from whch chldren can compound ther vst to the Castle and use as a base to explore the hertage of the School and Vllage. Ths opportunty to lnk nto the Castle s exstng market of 4,500 vstng chldren per year together wth the Castle s expertse, servces and marketng wll greatly strengthen the Vllage school project. A target of 20 vsts per year would equate to one per fortnght n school term tme whch would be some 16% of the vsts to the Castle. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 34

35 10 Acton plan to acheve the objectves for each target audence 10.1 Increase the current audences for exstng events by attractng more local people from outsde Rockngham. Badmnton - current average attendance of 10/12 wth a team of 20 members s runnng at capacty. Ths audence should be protected and retaned. Whst, monthy from September to Aprl - current average attendance of 24 ncrease to 40. Coffee club - current average attendance of 20 ncrease to 30. v Keep Ft - current average attendance of 10 ncrease to 20. v Cnema nghts - sx per year wth current average attendance of 25. Scope to ncrease to 50, partculary by ncludng n the season flms that would attract a younger audence Increase the use of the Hall for prvate events by attractng more local people from outsde Rockngham. Prvate functons - 9 n 2008 ncrease to 12 whch s one per month. Chldren s partes - 15 n 2008 ncrease to 25 whch s one per fortnght Developng lnks wth local educaton colleges for one sesson per week Protect exstng audences There are a good number of events organsed by the Vllage Hall throughout the year. These nclude the Dog Show, 40`s Nght, Annual Flower Show, Vllage Clay pdgeon shoot, Barbecue and Macmllan Lunch. The number of events meets the organsatonal capacty of the Vllage Hall. Whlst there s lmted scope to ncrease the number of events, the exstng events provde an opportunty to be more nclusve to the local populaton beyond Rockngham. There s lmted scope to expand the use of the Hall for meetngs, the frequency of whch s an external factor, Currently the Hall s used on a regular bass for Parsh Meetngs, Rural Area Forum Meetngs (Corby councl), Vllage Plan Meetngs, PCC Meetngs,Vllage Hall meetngs, Conservaton Area apprasal meetngs, BNA meetngs and semnars, Church Weddng plan meetngs and as a Pollng Staton In order to protect these audences, ther requrements should be montored to ensure they are beng met Regonal audence To concentrate on the use of the buldngs by schools n Key stage one and two. Develop educatonal packages that would be of use to schools. Take up the offer from the Castle to market the Hall to Schools n the regon. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 35

36 Appendx 1 Statstcal data from 2001 census Rockngham Vlage Hall - 36 Rockngham Caldecott Drayton Cottngham Et Carlton Gt Easton Gretton Mddleton Total Average % Populaton , ,825 Number of households ,554 Number of dwellngs ,590 Owner occuped ,264 % owner occuped No access to cars % no access to cars People wth long term llness % people wth long term llness People wth no qualfcatons aged ,342 % people wth no qualfcatons aged

37 Appendx 2 Key Stakeholders 1 Rockngham Vllage Hall c/o Ian Norman Secretary Rockngham Vllage Hall 6 The Cottons Rockngham Market Harborough Lecestershre LE16 8TF T M E jnorman@btnternet.com 2 James Saunders Watson Rockngham Castle Agents Mke Holland, KngWest 13 St Marys Street Stamford Lncolnshre PE9 2DE 3 Hertage Lottery Fund [Ref PP ] c/o Sara Clurow Hertage Lottery Fund Chltern House St Ncholas Court Castlegate Nottngham NG1 7AR T SClurow@hlf.org.uk E Rockngham Parsh Meetng Clerk - Trevor Burbdge 4 The Cottons Rockngham Market Harborough Lecs LE16 8TF E trevor.burbdge@bluebottle.com Rockngham Vlage Hall - 37

38 5 Corby Dstrct Councl c/o Blly Dalzel, Hertage Development Worker Corby Borough Councl Grosvenor House George Street Corby Northamptonshre NN17 1QB. E Blly.Dalzel@corby.gov.uk F M T Gl Freeman Cultural and Healthy Communtes Northamptonshre County Councl John Dryden House 8-10 The Lakes Northampton NN4 7YD E T 7 Adult Learnng Sevces Northamptonshre County Councl Caretakers Cottages Mere Way Communty Colledge Campus Mere Way Northamptonshre NN4 8BT E T 8 East Mdlands Museums Servce Centre for Musuem and Hertage Management Nottngham Trent Unversty Clfton Lane Nottngham NG11 8NS E emms@emms.org.uk T Potental Partnershp Funders To be dentfed. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 38

39 Appendx 3 Schedule of related documents 1 Rockngham Vllage Hall, conservaton statement Corby BC Acton Plan - revsed Conservng Corby, A Hertage Strategy for Corby Borough. 4 Corby Culture 2010: a cultural strategy for Corby. 5 Northamptonshre County Councl: A strategy for culture and sport n Northamptonshre Northamptonshre County Councl: Hertage strategy for the County. 7 Northamptonshre County Councl: Northamptonshre sports delverng plan. 8 Northamptonshre County Councl: Emergng arts detals plan. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 39

40 Appendx 4 Rockngham castle educaton documents Rockngham Vlage Hall - 40

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42 Appendx 5 Operatonal busness plan Bass of nformaton used The proft and loss forecast allows for expendture to match ncome. Ths s based on the followng crtera:- a) The average fgures for ncome and expendture between 2005 and b) Buldng mantenance costs beng based on the attached mantenance plan rather than lfe cycle costs. Ths would allow for the long term sustanablty of the buldng s fabrc and servces but not for sgnfcant captal expendture. It s assumed that long term sgnfcant captal expendture n 20 years+ would be part funded by grants as n the current proposal. c) The costs nclude ( 1000 per annum) for cleanng and attendng on the school vsts, s only ncurred by the vsts and s matched by the ncome. d) Hre for specfc events and addtonal regular events s forcasted to ncrease by some 2,000. At a rent of 40 per mornng/afternoon/evenng sesson ths would equate to one addtonal sesson per week. Rsks The rsks beng that the addtonal rental ncome s not acheved. The fnancal rsks of the school vsts are mnmal as the costs are covered by the vsts and n any event are only ncurred as a consequence of a vst. Consequence of rsks In the event the addtonal rental ncome s not acheved, ths would reduce the scope for expendture on the Mantenance Plan. However the Mantenance Plan allows 1,200 for landscape measures (work currently carred out by volunteers) and a 400 contngency makng a potental savng of 1,800. If the shortfall was the full 2,000 ths would leave 200 per annum less, whch could be accommodated n the short term by reducng renewals. Rockngham Vlage Hall - 42

43 Proft and loss av. plan future ncome expend balance ncome expend balance ncome expend balance ncome expend balance ncome expend balance ncome expend balance Hre , ,500 Parsh meetng hre Dog show , Corby BC grant Sondes Arms Bonus Ball 1, ,712 1, ,618 1, ,642 1, ,851 1, ,706 1, ,700 Flower show Whst Drves Badmnton Bonfre (85) (15) Corby Borough Councl Sponsored event Mscellaneous Interest Bank charges Insurance 0 1,013 (1,013) (750) (734) (751) (812) (800) Electrcty (120) (600) (224) (409) (338) (300) Boler servcng Rates (207) (113) (370) (306) (249) (300) Water (196) (465) (146) (238) (261) (200) Fre Extngushers 0 76 (76) 0 76 (76) (56) 0 52 (52) 0 50 (50) Captal works Mantenance (100) 0 1,010 (1,010) (384) (185) (420) Ol (339) (808) (463) (475) (521) (200) Lease + rent 0 53 (53) 0 52 (52) 0 52 (52) 0 52 (52) 0 52 (52) 0 52 (52) Furnture ,156 (1,156) (816) (123) (524) (500) Vllage Hall Forum 0 31 (31) 0 31 (31) 0 38 (38) 0 40 (40) 0 35 (35) 0 40 (40) Sponsored bke rde Clay pgeon shoot ,479 1, ,200 1, Cnema (105) (77) (46) (100) Statonary (68) 0 17 (17) 0 50 (50) School vsts , ,000 Attendance on school vsts ,000 (1,000) Mantenance plan ,877 (4,877) [plan nc contngency] Totals 2, ,209 3,774 2, Rockngham Vlage Hall - 43

44 Rockngham Vllage Hall Ten year repar and mantenance plan An assessment of antcpated buldng related costs for the frst ten years followng completon of the project. Note costs: exclude renewal lfe cycle costs for replacement of fabrc, fxtures and fttngs. expressed nclusve on any related professonal fees. expressed as an annual fgure [calculated pro-rata where the tasks are not annual]. expressed as current 2009 prces and exclude nflaton. Buldng element and mantenance task Responsblty Frequency Annual cost ROOF Leadwork, check flashng are ntact. Voluntary Annually - Lead work, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 Slates, check for slpped or fractured slates. Voluntary Annually - Slates, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 DRAINAGE Ranwater goods, gulles and drans, clear and check for leaks. Voluntary November+May - Ranwater goods, gulles and drans, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 Decorate ranwater goods. Contractor 5 years 100 Surface water dranage, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 Foul dranage, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 EXTERNAL WALLS Stonework, check for loose/fragle masonry. Voluntary Annually - Stonework, repars and renewals. Contractor - 40 Tmber claddng, check for damaged or loose panels. Voluntary Annually - Tmber claddng, repars and renewals. Contractor - 60 Wndows, check for broken lghts + secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Wndows, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 Doors,check secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Doors, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 INTERIOR Floors check for trp hazards. Voluntary Annually - Floor repars + mantenance of tmber floors Internal doors,check secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Internal doors, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 Fxtures and fttngs, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 DECORATIVE FINISHES Redecoratons. Contractor 5 years 600 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES Electrcal, repars and renewals ncludng lamps. Contractor Electrcal servces perodc nspecton. Contractor 5 years 100 Mechancal servces, nspecton/servcng, repars and renewals. Contractor Rockngham Vlage Hall - 44

45 EXTERNAL WORKS Trees, check for safety. Voluntary Annually - Paths, check for trp hazards. Voluntary Annually - Paths, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 Boundares, check for safety. Voluntary Annually - Boundares, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 Landscape mantenance and works to trees. Contractor Playground equpment, seats etc. Voluntary Weekly - Playground equpment, repars and renewals. Contractor INSPECTIONS Fre extngushers Contractor Annually 50 Electrcal portable applances. Contractor Annually 200 Mechancal servces nspecton. Contractor Annually 200 Fabrc nspecton [qunquennal] Archtect 5 years 100 CONTINGENCIES Contractor Subtotal 4, TOTAL 4, Rockngham Vlage Hall - 45

46 Rockngham Vllage Hall Lfe cycle costs An assessment of antcpated lfe cycle buldng related costs allowng for repar and replacement for the lfe of the buldng. Note costs: expressed nclusve on any related professonal fees. expressed as an annual fgure [calculated pro-rata where the tasks are not annual]. expressed as current 2009 prces and exclude nflaton. Buldng element and mantenance task Responsblty Frequency Annual cost ROOF Leadwork, check flashng are ntact. Voluntary Annually - Lead work, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 Slates, check for slpped or fractured slates. Voluntary Annually - Slates, repars and renewals. Contractor DRAINAGE Ranwater goods, gulles and drans, clear and check for leaks. Voluntary November+May - Ranwater goods, gulles and drans, repars and renewals. Contractor Decorate ranwater goods. Contractor 5 years 100 Surface water dranage, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 Foul dranage, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 EXTERNAL WALLS Stonework, check for loose/fragle masonry. Voluntary Annually - Stonework, repars and renewals. Contractor Tmber claddng, check for damaged or loose panels. Voluntary Annually - Tmber claddng, repars and renewals. Contractor Wndows, check for broken lghts + secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Wndows, repars and renewals. Contractor Doors,check secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Doors, repars and renewals. Contractor INTERIOR Floors check for trp hazards. Voluntary Annually - Floor repars + mantenance of tmber floors Internal doors,check secure and operable. Voluntary Annually - Internal doors, repars and renewals. Contractor - 20 Fxtures and fttngs, repars and renewals. Contractor - 50 DECORATIVE FINISHES Redecoratons. Contractor 5 years 600 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES Electrcal, repars and renewals ncludng lamps. Contractor Electrcal servces perodc nspecton. Contractor 5 years 100 Mechancal servces, nspecton/servcng, repars and renewals. Contractor Rockngham Vlage Hall - 46

47 EXTERNAL WORKS Trees, check for safety. Voluntary Annually - Paths, check for trp hazards. Voluntary Annually - Paths, repars and renewals. Contractor Boundares, check for safety. Voluntary Annually - Boundares, repars and renewals. Contractor Landscape mantenance and works to trees. Contractor Playground equpment, seats etc. Voluntary Weekly - Playground equpment, repars and renewals. Contractor INSPECTIONS Fre extungshers Contractor Annually 60 Electrcal portable applances. Contractor Annually 200 Mechancal servces nspecton. Contractor Annually 200 Fabrc nspecton [qunquennal] Archtect 5 years 100 CONTINGENCIES Contractor Subtotal 6, , TOTAL Rockngham Vlage Hall - 47

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49 Rockngham Vllage Hall Rockngham Market Harborough Lecestershre LE16 8TF Mark Stewart m s a r c h t e c t u r e 34A Musters Road West Brdgford Nottngham NG2 7PL T F E mark@msarch.co.uk Rockngham Vlage Hall - 49