The Bircham Centre in Reepham Market Place is asking residents and businesses to help them “Raise the Roof” in 2023. The community building is in dire need of repairs to the roof and attics and is hoping that their new fundraising campaign will help to fund the work needed.
Broadland District Council have just agreed to give a grant of £20,000 from their Pride in Place fund to help towards the cost of the repairs, provided the Bircham Centre can raise an equivalent amount of match funding. The Bircham Centre has a £5,000 donation to kick off the fundraising but the Raise the Roof Campaign will be critical to get the funding needed to secure the grant.
To support the campaign, the Bircham Centre is asking for people to sponsor one or more tiles on the roof at a minimum donation of £5 per tile.
Chair of the Bircham Centre Trustees, Les West, is hopeful that they will meet the target of raising £10,000 through the Raise the Roof campaign. “Reepham people are always hugely supportive of the Bircham Centre and recognise the important role it plays in the community. We are so grateful for their generosity: we can’t survive without it.”
