YOULGRAVE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
Our Mission
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We are a 'not-for-profit' community benefit company with about 200 members based in Youlgrave and the wider Bradford Valley. Our remit is to undertake community development projects for the benefit of the village with profits ploughed back into further schemes of benefit to the village.
The Youlgrave Community Land Trust was established in 2013 following a village-wide public meeting. It is a company registered at Companies House and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and provides a vehicle by which communities may hold assets in perpetuity for the benefit of future generations. For example Community Land Trusts across the country have built affordable housing for local people, revived village shops, pubs and post offices which would otherwise have closed. They have also provided business and training facilities - in fact anything the community might need to maintain its life and economic vitality. YCLT aims:
To achieve these aims YCLT can:
All of YCLT's activities must (a) be for the benefit of the community of Youlgrave and the wider Bradford Valley and (b) no member of YCLT is allowed to profit from its activities. We want to attract the widest possible local membership so that YCLT will be fully democratic and represent all the village. If you agree with the Trust's aims we hope you will join up and support our work. As a member you will buy a £1 share and be eligible to vote in Board elections and have a say in discussions about future plans and projects. But don't worry - you won't have to attend lots of long meetings. Just contact our Secretary, Anne Croasdell. Her contact details are at the foot of this page. In 2006 a village planning group embarked on an extensive consultation exercise which concluded that our priority must be affordable housing for local families who could not otherwise afford to stay in the village. Housing needs surveys carried out in 2007 and again in 2012 indicated a clear need for the eight houses that were envisaged in the scheme. We undertook the project in partnership with Peak District Rural Housing Association (PDRHA) with whom we successfully applied to the Peak District National Park Authority for planning permission to build six houses and two bungalows at Conksbury Lane. We secured government funding from the Homes and Communities Agency with further generous financial support from Derbyshire Dales District Council. This allowed us to build to a higher environmental sustainability standard than would otherwise have been possible. Planning permission was granted in 2013 and the houses were completed and let to the new residents in April 2015. They are managed by PDRHA for the benefit of people in housing need who have a minimum ten-year local connection to the village. Six of the houses are for rent and two are part-owned by the residents. In the same year the scheme won a regional award for design and building excellence and we are grateful to our architect David Gafney and our builder Lindum Construction for their work on this development. In total the project has brought about £1.2m of new investment to the village and the houses also contribute to the wider economic and social life of the village - the school needs children to continue to be viable and the shops, post office and pubs need customers in order to stay in business. We wish our first residents happiness in their new homes. |
Hannah Bowman Way
The street is named after Miss Hannah Bowman who, in 1827, established the Friendly Society of Women in Youlgrave and set up a fund to pay for the conveyance of water to the village from Mawstone Spring, which had been given to the village as a gift by the Thornhills of Stanton Hall.
For centuries villagers had struggled up the hill with water from the River Bradford, and many deaths, particularly children, were caused by contaminated water, especially in the `fever months` of July and August. Thanks to the work of Hannah Bowman and her committee Youlgrave secured an efficient, convenient and healthy water supply.
Miss Bowman oversaw the laying of 1,106 yards of iron pipes from Mawstone Spring to the Fountain. The spring was slightly higher above sea level than the Fountain, allowing a 25-feet head of water. The work was completed in 1829 with local men supplying volunteer labour. The reservoir, which held 1500 gallons of water, filled each night and at 6am a village 'water-keeper' unlocked the tap to allow the queue of waiting villagers to fill their pails - at the cost of sixpence a year. This gathering around the Fountain made it a popular local meeting place and mini-market throughout the 19th century.
The Fountain was upgraded and refurbished in 1869 and mains water fed to stand pipes (known as 'tap spots') in various parts of the village. Today the village is still proudly supplied by its own local water company - Youlgrave Waterworks Limited.
For centuries villagers had struggled up the hill with water from the River Bradford, and many deaths, particularly children, were caused by contaminated water, especially in the `fever months` of July and August. Thanks to the work of Hannah Bowman and her committee Youlgrave secured an efficient, convenient and healthy water supply.
Miss Bowman oversaw the laying of 1,106 yards of iron pipes from Mawstone Spring to the Fountain. The spring was slightly higher above sea level than the Fountain, allowing a 25-feet head of water. The work was completed in 1829 with local men supplying volunteer labour. The reservoir, which held 1500 gallons of water, filled each night and at 6am a village 'water-keeper' unlocked the tap to allow the queue of waiting villagers to fill their pails - at the cost of sixpence a year. This gathering around the Fountain made it a popular local meeting place and mini-market throughout the 19th century.
The Fountain was upgraded and refurbished in 1869 and mains water fed to stand pipes (known as 'tap spots') in various parts of the village. Today the village is still proudly supplied by its own local water company - Youlgrave Waterworks Limited.
Governance
Chairman: Richard Powley (01629 636994) [email protected]
Secretary: Anne Croasdell (01629 636887) [email protected]
Treasurer: Laetitia Tucker
Board members: Christine Powley, Glenys Moore, Sam Smith, Amy Young, Stuart Ide, Steve Wright
Chairman: Richard Powley (01629 636994) [email protected]
Secretary: Anne Croasdell (01629 636887) [email protected]
Treasurer: Laetitia Tucker
Board members: Christine Powley, Glenys Moore, Sam Smith, Amy Young, Stuart Ide, Steve Wright
