A Potted History of the Association

 

West Moor Residents' Association has been in existence for over 50 years. It was first started as a means to hold a number of social gatherings such as Christmas Lunches and Dinner Dances.

 

Today, our activities are developed, and we are renowned for our summer play scheme, Christmas activities, carol concerts, pantomimes, and toddler groups. Our planting group works tirelessly and 95% of the planting around the village comes from the association. As an association, we always longed for a place of our own and over the years, we have been found in old school annex buildings and porta-cabins. After long discussions with the council , it was decided that we would get a permanent home.

 

After 5 years of discussions and consultations, in April 2007, we moved into our new home, West Moor Community Centre.

 

Everything you see in our building, and the fact that it can be open each day, is down to the hard work of the Residents Association over the last 50 years. We have fund raised, begged, applied for many grants and become friends with local businesses.

 

We have a community centre manager and 4 other paid part-time employees but a huge amount of the work is carried out by a large band of willing volunteers. The ethos of the Association has always been that we can do anything if we try. We value every member of the community from the young to the old. We have always believed that if you come into contact with a child at an early age, they come to take ownership of the building and grow with it. 

 

In the past we ran an Over-50's Consultation Day and we continue to take action on some of the requests made. We want to break down the perceived barriers between the young and older members of the community and we believe that both have skills and experiences to pass on to the other.