Save Teversal Grange from Demolition!

No vision as always. This club has been there since i can remember. Yes it is run down because it has been left to! To be ball-dosed down makes no sense. No extra parking is needed there is ample all ready. I can not believe that the trust members and council do not see not only the potential but the cherished history and memories this place holds. The venue could get funding if people looked past there nose and it could be turned in to a more modern venue for both the public and the local clubs! It would make the best wedding venue in the area creating huge income and jobs! It would be idea to host local bingo and entertainment during the week days! It does not make any sense at all to have nothing there and nothing that relates to our community. Ether someone is making a quick hand or the the people in the front seats have gone mad. The Old Crown in Hesket Newmarket is owned, in total, by 125 people, who all saved it from closure in 2003. Back then it become Britain's first co-operatively owned pub could something similar be done ?
Take the village of Nenthead in the north Pennines. In 2006 the local shop and post office closed when the owners retired. Residents had to make a 10 mile round trip to buy groceries. When it became obvious that they would lose the old shop, villagers decided that the only thing to do was to run one themselves. Although it meant a lot of work for everyone involved, locals managed to set up a community business and they sold shares to raise capital.

Over 100 villagers bought a stake in Nenthead community shop and post office, raising £9,000. Potential funders saw there was a lot of local support for the project and pledged further cash. The shop and post office re-opened in 2007.

Or Penrith cinema the Alhambra, which, facing closure back in 2011, set up a co-operative and sold shares at £150 to buy its building? Following a swell of community support, the landlord granted the cinema another ten year lease so it could stay and supporters didn't have to raise further funds.

Figures show that around 25 local pubs close every week. If we want to safeguard much-needed community services then more local organizations must consider this type of finance mode. Community share schemes allow communities to take control and invest in themselves. In the current financial climate this is best way to deliver sustainable community businesses.

If locals do not want to see this go, it is no good waiting to here what is happening in the local paper and then moan how terrible it is after what ever has happened try standing together as in the term community!