The document outlines the goals and framework of the Rivergate Centre, a community center that aims to be financially sustainable through community-engaged activities. The goals are to promote community development, arts, education and businesses. The framework involves workshops, residencies, a garden, and a cafe to generate income from memberships, tickets, sales and sponsorships. Activities are run with support from volunteers, residents and local partners.

1. Rivergate Centre
Financially sustainable
activities and community engagement
Rita Maia

2. Rivergate Centre
Financially sustainable
activities and community engagement
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Rita Maia

3. Goals
Provide services&resources
THAT SUPPORT AND ACTIVELY PROMOTE
COMMUNITY&INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT

4. Goals
Develop and strengthen
community spirit and responsibility

5. Goals
Develop and strengthen
community spirit and responsibility
by encouraging people to participate
in the management and day to day
running
of the community centre

6. Goals
To promote art, music, education
and creative businesses

7. Goals
To promote art, music, education
and creative businesses
as a platform for community
engagement and personal development

8. Goals
To encourage, facilitate and nurture
the establishment and development of creative
practitioners

9. Framework
self-sustainable
securing minimal funding
to run events

10. Framework
activities /Residencies /garden /
gallery&cafe

11. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

12. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

13. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

14. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

15. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

16. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

17. Framework
activities
Workshops / Community Skill Sharing /
Woodwork Gym / Self-service Cycle Repair /
Supper Club / Re-Use Club

18. Costs Income
- Material + Membership Scheme
- Human Resources + Session Tickets
- Promotion + Gift Shop Sales
+ Saturday Market
With
Sponsorship of workshop
materials and event
promotion by local
businesses.
Resident Artists and
Community volunteers
assure necessary human
resources

19. Framework
Artists in residencY
Open call to local artists & creative businesses
looking for a space to work
providing young entrepreneurial
creative businesses with affordable studio spaces

20. Costs Income
- Space + Facilitators for the centre’s
- Service charges activities / Lectures and talks
+ Gift Shop
+ Saturday Market
+ Open Studios / Live Events
+ Gallery
(commission on works’ sales)

21. Framework
community garden
& eco-activities at barking park
Urban Food Growing / Learning to grow
Farmer’s market /
Organic fruit and veggie boxes

22. Income Human Capital
+ Veggie Boxes Courses to give
+ Saturday Market local families the
confidence to
+ Sales of raw materials explore green
for the supper club spaces
and cafe Children and
parents discover
and learn about
wildlife
Raising public
awareness of the
wildlife on site

23. Framework
Gallery & cafe events / Annual festival
Regular programming with music,
films, performance and exhibitions at
Gallery &Cafe

24. Costs Income
- Production (sound, lighting, + Tickets
video, catering) + Fundraising
- Promotion + Sponsorship
+ Rental Hire of the Venue
With
Workshops groups
Artists in Residency
Volunteers
Local artistic groups
Partners and local businesses

25. Rivergate Centre
Financially sustainable
activities and community engagement
Community participation in
material and human capital generating
sources of income, trough
the engagement of residents, partners,
external participants, and local businesses.

26. thank you
@ritapops