Can you help?

Phoenix Model Railway Club needs new premises!

Ideally;

Greater or equal to 2,700 square feet
Situated in or around central Gloucester
Low rent
Facilities not necessarily exceeding running cold water and toilets
Some parking

As many of you may be aware the former RAF Quedgeley site, where the P.M.R.C Club rooms are currently situated, is rapidly being transformed in to the Kingsmead Housing Estate. The present building is about to be flattened by bulldozers! Therefore the Club has been given notice by its Landlords, Quedgeley Urban Village Limited, to vacate the premises no later than 24th March 2008!

As a not for profit organisation the Club finds it hard to pay commercial rent (currently £761 per quarter, including VAT) and business rates (although the Council have historically allowed the Club an 80% discount on the latter), and are trying to raise funds to cover any increased rent and the legal costs of the impending move.

Current proposed fund raising activities include;

• Exhibition on 10 & 11 November at Thomas Keeble School, Eastcombe, Stroud, in association with Eastcombe Scouts and Gloucester M.R.C.

P.M.R.C, established in 1999, has grown from 7 to over 30 members and currently has five layouts on the exhibition circuit. P.M.R.C is fairly unique in that it offers its members the space, equipment and skills to build their own layouts. The Club is open to members of all modelling abilities and regularly holds demonstrations of different modelling skills, thereby providing a service to the community of Gloucestershire.

PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS CLUB DIE!!

Contact us on : john.w.freer@btinternet.com

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