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John Sykes Foundation
Helping to transform lives in Reading
History of Reading
Thames Path Challenge
12/13 September 2015
Location: Putney, West London to Henley-on-Thames, UK
Date: 12-13 September 2015
Event Type: Trek or Run
Registration Fee: £49 for 100km, £39 for 50km, £29 for 25km
Fundraising Target: £475 for 100km, £295 for 50km, £175 for 25km
The Thames Path Trail is unique – varied & beautiful scenery, steeped in history – and a superb backdrop for a 'festival' of endurance challenges. Back for its fourth year you can take on 100km, 50km or 25km as a walk, jog, or run, with a relay option open to teams also! Perfect to enter as a team of friends, family or colleagues – you can also join as an individual, fully supported by our team. Not just a challenge – it's an unforgettable journey!
WALK IT! – at a pace that suits you
RUN IT! – ideal event to 'up' your distance
JOG IT! – run a bit, walk a bit – you choose
Choose your distance – it's your challenge! 100km, 50km or 25km
Join as a Team or as an Individual
FREE hot meals, FREE drinks & snacks en-route
Pace walkers, marshals, medics, massage
Corporate packages available
Teams of 5 or more receive a free technical t-shirt each
Finishers medal, T shirt, glass of bubbly!
100km runner's trophies for fastest gentleman & lady!
Relay option available – team of 4, with each taking on 25km
For full information on the Challenge, its inclusions, the route, FAQ's and much more – please visit www.thamespathchallenge.com. You can also download the Thames Path Challenge brochure here
If you have any event related questions, please contact the Action Challenge team on info@thamespathchallenge.com or call 020 7609 6695. Alternatively contact the events team at the John Sykes Foundation.
Simply set up your online fundraising page at: www.givey.com or www.Virginmoneygiving.com or download your JSF Sponsorship Form here.
Jump Height: 160ft
Jump Type: Crane Bungee Jump
Jump Over Airbag or Water: Water
Tandem Jumps Available: Yes
Car Parking Available: Yes
Bungee Jumping At Our Windsor/Bray Venue:
The Windsor/Bray venue is UK Bungee Club's flagship location as well as the most visited site from jumpers all round the UK. Taking place lakeside at Bray Lake Watersports Centre, our Windsor/Bray venue offers stretching views across the pristine lake and miles upon miles of rolling countryside. Situated, to the west of London, this venue offers one of the best venues to experience a bungee jump.
Just a few miles from the royal town of Windsor, the Windsor/Bray venue is ideally located for a perfect day out for family and friends. From the nearby attraction of Windsor Castle to the excitement of the nearby theme park, Thorpe Park, there is plenty to enjoy for people of all ages.
We want you to sign up and jump to raise money through sponsorship. Simply get in touch: mail@johnsykesfoundation.org – please make sure you book your place by 14th August to guarantee your place.
Cost: £30 sign-up fee | Minimum Sponsorship: £150
Pre-Booking: Due to a limited number of spaces being available it is necessary for you to pre-book your jump before the day of your event.
Duration: You should arrive about 30mins prior to your jump time and allow between 2 -3 hours for your jump. This is to allow for any delays that may occur on the day.
Car Parking: Is available.
What to Wear / Equipment: Dress in comfortable, casual clothes. Skirts are not recommended. Also please refrain from wearing boots or anything that may interfere with ankle harnesses otherwise they will have to be removed prior to jumping. Trainers and securely fastened shoes are fine.
Group Size / Spectators: You are welcome to bring spectators free of charge to watch you jump.
Weather: Extreme weather conditions may affect this experience, mainly high winds and thunderstorms. If in doubt, please call: Event Information Line on 0845 319 5767 to check before setting off.
Mobile Contact Number: Please ensure that you provide a contact telephone number when booking this experience, as we may need to contact you on the day of your jump.
Restrictions: Please see our FAQ pages
Bray Lake Watersports
Monkey Island Lane
Windsor Road
SL6 2EB*
*Please note that if using a navigational system to direct you to your event, some navigational systems direct to the wrong side of Bray Lake. If you arrive at Monkey Island Hotel, turn around, take a left at the end of the lane and take the last left before the national speed limit sign.
14 November 2015 & 14 May 2016
Are you brave enough?
We're giving you the chance to skydive!
We're only asking you to raise £300 in sponsorship so it makes it achievable and easy to reach! We want you to join our team and experience the thrill of jumping from a plane and flying through the air at 135mph!
Click 'book your charity skydive now' to secure your place with a £50 deposit then get in touch and let us know you're on the team!
The minimum sponsorship to raise is £350, this includes your £50 deposit and if you hit this target we will cover the cost of the jump for you!
Tel – 0118 903 5909 | Email – mail@johnsykesfoundation.org
Please contact GOskydive directly to enquire about further details.
If you jump out side of the organised date you will need to self fund this jump and then raise as much money as possible for the charity.
Posted on June 3, 2015 by JSF
This Privacy Policy applies to information we, the John Sykes Foundation ("JSF") collect about individuals who interact with our organisation. It explains what personal information we collect and how we use it.
If you have any comments or questions about this notice, feel free to contact us at mail@johnsykesfoundation.org.
These privacy notices explain what personal data (information) we hold about you, how we collect it, and how we use and may share information about you. It also contains important information about your rights with regard to your personal data, and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint. We are required to notify you of this information under the General Data Protection Regulation.
The JSF website collects personal information about you when you interact with the following sections on www.johnsykesfoundation.org. We only collect the personal information that you yourself enter:
Use any of the various email links from the website; these open an email in your own email client and we only collect the email address the email is sent from, and any other information you choose to disclose in the body of the email.
Contact us form; here we ask for:
Your telephone number;
Any other information you choose to disclose in the message and subject sections; and
Whether you would like to join our mailing list.
How we can help form; here we ask for:
Grantee name;
Grantee address;
Grantee telephone number;
Grantee e-mail address
Grantee Date of birth;
Name of person applying for grant if different from grantee;
Address of person applying for grant if different from grantee;
Telephone of person applying for grant if different from grantee;
Email of person applying for grant if different from grantee;
Association of applicant from grantee;
The level of grant that is being applied for;
The reasons for the application;
The area of interest in which the application falls;
The financial circumstances of the grantee;
Signature;
Bank details;
The amount of your donation;
Gift aid information; and
This information is stored and only used in conjunction with the enquiry made, unless you opt to join our mailing list in which case we will add your email address to our database for periodic information about the JSF.
Cookie use, and how to delete or control them
JSF does not use cookies to collect or store personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are used on www.johnsykesfoundation.org you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the JSF website.
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Donors and those who help to support our foundation
The JSF collects, uses and is responsible for certain personal information about you in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom). We are responsible as controllers of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
In this privacy notice, references to "we" or "us" means the JSF.
We will comply with the data protection principles when gathering and using personal information, as set out in our data protection policy.
The personal information we collect and use: Information collected by us
In the course of fulfilling your intention of donating money and your expectation of receiving confirmation of your donation we collect some or all of the following personal information when you provide it to us
Address;
Telephone number;
E-mail address;
From time to time you may voluntarily give us further personal data.
We will typically collect and use this information to ensure that your donation is appropriately recorded, that any Gift Aid returns can be made and so that we can keep you updated with the work we are doing at the JSF.
We seek to ensure that our information collection and processing is always
proportionate. We will notify you of any material changes to information we collect or to the purposes for which we collect and process it.
Who we share your personal information with
We will only share your personal information with law enforcement or other authorities if required by law.
Other than the above we will not share your personal information with any other third party without your prior written consent beforehand.
Those applying for a grant from our foundation
In the course of fulfilling our obligations to ensure that we are fairly distributing funds from the JSF we collect some or all of the following personal information when you provide it to us:
Grantee name
Grantee e-mail address;
Telephone number of person applying for grant if different from grantee;
The level of grant that is being applied for:
The financial circumstances of the grantee
Proof of your address by way of Council Tax bill or other relevant information;
A copy of your credit report to confirm your financial status;
Diagnosis letters and/or referral letters from professionals; and
From time to time you may voluntarily give us further personal data
We will typically collect and use this information to assess your application and for our Trustees to decide whether or not to grant the application and so that we can keep you updated with the work we are doing at the JSF.
We seek to ensure that our information collection and processing is always proportionate. We will notify you of any material changes to information we collect or to the purposes for which we collect and process it.
Where your personal information may be held
Information may be held at our office in the UK, on Dropbox and Mailchimp.
We have security measures in place to seek to ensure that there is appropriate security for information we hold including those measures detailed in our Data Protection Policy.
How long your personal information will be kept
We may retain information for up to 6 years in accordance with UK tax and liability laws.
Reasons we can collect and use your personal information
We rely on "legitimate interest" as the lawful basis on which we collect and use
your personal data in order to carry out the functions of a professional registered charity.
Your rights under GDPR
Under the General Data Protection Regulations you have a number of important rights for which we cannot charge. Those rights which are applicable to the data we hold include the right to:
fair processing of data and transparency over how we use your data
access your personal data and to certain other information given here
require us to correct any mistakes in your data
require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
claim compensation for damages caused by our breach of any data protection laws
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the UK Information Commissioner's Office website.
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:
Email us at mail@johnsykesfoundation.org, write to our Data Protection Officer at the following address: 23/24 Market Place, Reading RG1 2DE, or call us on 0118 903 5909;
let us have enough information to identify you;
let us have proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driving licence or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill); and
let us know the information to which your request relates, including any account or reference numbers, if you have them.
Keeping your personal information secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information. If you wish to contact us about a suspected breach, or if you have any questions or queries about how we are processing your data, please Email us at mail@johnsykesfoundation.org, write to our Data Protection Officer at the following address: 23/24 Market Place, Reading RG1 2DE, or call us on 0118 903 5909.
The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by telephone on: 0303 123 1113.
This privacy notice was published on 1/1/2018 and last updated on 13/10/2018.
We may change this privacy notice from time to time, and when we do so we will inform you.
Whether you are a potential donor or looking for support we would love to hear from you. Please call or complete the contact form below and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
Telephone 0118 903 5909 Address 23/24 Market Place, Reading RG1 2DE
Posted on May 31, 2015 by JSF
You can help us make a real difference to people in and around Reading that need support. They may have a talent and just need a helping hand to give them the opportunity to realise their dream or simply need support at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable or alone.
You may like to support us by holding an event and donating the proceeds, giving a donation in memory of a special person or getting involved in one of our events.
We really appreciate your interest in the foundation and welcome your donation. You can either send us a cheque made payable to the John Sykes Foundation, donate online through the link below, or by printing the donation form below.
If you are a UK tax payer and you're able to complete a gift aid declaration we can benefit by receiving a further 25p in every £1 from the Inland Revenue at no extra cost to you! This means that a £10 donation can be turned into £12.50 and it won't cost you a thing! Please complete and sign the gift aid section of our donation form.
Donate to us via Donation Form
Donate to us via Givey.com
Donate to us via Virginmoneygiving.com
Regular Donation
Regular donations from supporters help us to plan for the future, and setting up a monthly or annual donation to the John Sykes Foundation couldn't be easier. Please download the donation form, complete the standing order section, and post the form to us. Alternatively, just get in touch and we'll send the form to you.
Future Support
You may wish to leave us a gift in your Will. This will allow future generations to benefit from your generosity and leave a lasting legacy for the people of Reading.
We will be producing an information leaflet with more details in the near future. If you'd like further information please contact our office.
Liam Macdevitt
The foundation has made a huge difference to me, it's given me the opportunity to make my dream a reality. It's enabled me to maximise my potential and given me everything I need to try and qualify for the Olympics.
By helping me with the cost of gym, physio, equipment and travel expenses I have been able to focus on my training without having to worry about raising money and the cost involved. This extra support has allowed me to gain access to opportunities that would have been almost impossible without the support. For example, I have been invited to take part in a European athletics circuit, which will be against Europe's best athletes. I cannot thank the foundation enough, for not just their financial support but also their continued encouragement.
The whole team at the foundation are committed to bettering the lives of people in Reading, the passion and determination to do this has been humbling. I cannot begin to justify their kindness through words, I can only try to repay them by doing all I can to become an Olympian.
Thea Clarke
My life has changed overnight following my diagnosis of Ewing Sarcoma (Cancer). I'm only 13 and when I found out I had cancer last year I was completely shocked…
Ewing Sarcoma is a rare form of bone cancer. It most commonly affects people between the ages of 10 to 20 years old. It's an aggressive form of cancer and requires intensive treatment. As a result of diagnosis Thea underwent an operation to harvest eggs and ovarian tissue and insert a Hickman line. She was then treated with intensive chemotherapy for 18 weeks. In March she had an operation to remove bone and tissue and insert a metal knee joint, which was screwed into her tibia and femur. Thea is currently undergoing consolidation chemotherapy for another 24 weeks.
The foundation was able to present Thea with an iPad air. Something she desperately wanted so that she could talk to her friends and watch films when having chemotherapy.
Thea said, "Thank you so so much for my iPad. I love it!
I have used it to get in touch with my friends, Skype my cousin who is at university, and play lots of games. I am also using it to catch up on my schoolwork as I have not been to school since I had my first operation at the end of September.
I spend quite a lot of time chatting with my best friend Grace. I have also started to do jigsaws on it – this is so much better as normally my back aches when I lean over the table to do the big jigsaws with Mum.
I really do appreciate the size of the iPad as I can hold it easily and it is not too heavy like a computer is on my leg. I am also easily able to take it to hospital as I spend quite a lot of time in either the Royal Berks, or the John Radcliffe. I am doing an art award with the school teachers in Oxford and I will be writing my comments for my portfolio on my iPad.
Thank you again – its brilliant"
We're delighted to have been able to bring a smile to her face.
Reading began life as a Saxon settlement. Reading was originally called Reada ingas, which means the people of Reada. Reada was a Saxon leader who settled in the area with his tribe in the 6th century.
In the Middle Ages a medieval Reading prospered because it was on the main road between London and the West of England. Making cloth was the mainstay of Reading's economy. Wool from Berkshire flocks was brought to Reading by boat. There was also a leather industry in Reading. Before 1125 the King owned the town.
There were 3 parishes in the town, St Mary's, St Giles and St Laurence's. In the Middle Ages each parish had to have butts where all men practiced archery on Sunday.
By 1525, Reading was the largest town in Berkshire, and tax returns show that Reading was the 10th largest town in England when measured by taxable wealth.
In 1538-40 Henry VIII closed Reading Abbey, the Greyfriars and St John the Baptist hospital. The last Abbot was hanged outside the Abbey gates for refusing to recognise Henry as head of the Church of England. In the Middle Ages the Abbot was Lord of Reading. When the Abbey closed the King became Reading's Lord. But Henry granted the town independence. The merchants were allowed to form a town council and the members were given the right to elect the mayor and other officials. The Greyfriars church was turned into a town hall. Meanwhile Reading Abbey became a private house. Henry's son Edward VI gave it to his uncle the Duke of Somerset. Duke Street is named after him. But after 1546 the Abbey stood empty and people plundered it to provide building materials for other buildings in the town.
Reading underwent a major change in the 17th century. For centuries the wool trade had been the main industry. In the 17th century it declined and by the early 18th century was no longer a major industry in the town.
A merchant named James Kendrick left money in his Will to erect a building where the poor could be employed in making cloth. This building, the Oracle, was erected in 1628.
Reading, like other Stuart towns, suffered outbreaks of plague. Then in 1688 came the Reading fight. King James II was deposed and fled abroad.
In 1723 Reading gained its first newspaper the Reading Mercury.
During the 18th century much of Reading was rebuilt and its buildings became much more elegant.
By the end of the 18th century the cloth industry in Reading was dead but new industries were growing to replace it. In 1785 Simmonds brewery opened in Broad Street (brewing became a major industry in the 19th century). There were also a huge variety of craftsmen in Reading. There were butchers, bakers and grocers. There were also coopers, cutlers, joiners, carpenters, masons, glaziers, plumbers and blacksmiths. Other craftsmen were boat builders, bookbinders, clock makers, and pipe makers. Tanning and brick making were still important industries in the 18th century. Less important industries in Reading included pin making, coach building, ribbon making, rope making and printing.
At the time of the first census in 1801 Reading had a population of just fewer than 10,000. By the standards of the time it was quite a large town. In the 19th century new industries grew up. In 1807 John Sutton a corn and seed merchant founded Suttons seeds. In 1822 Joseph Huntley opened a biscuit bakery. Huntley and Palmer later became an important employer in the town, with more than 5,000 employees. Another large industry was brewing. So Reading became known as the town of three Bs, bulbs, biscuits and breweries.
The Royal Berkshire hospital opened in 1839. The first cemetery opened in 1843. A Public Board of Health was established in 1850. The board dug sewers across the town. They also replaced the slaughterhouses in the town centre with ones by a new cattle market in Great Knollys Street.
There were many other improvements in Victorian Reading. In 1862 Forbury was laid out as a formal garden and new municipal buildings opened in 1876. A public library opened in Reading in 1884.
An art school opened in 1860. A science school opened in 1870. In 1882 these two schools merged. Meanwhile in 1877 Kendrick boys and girls schools opened.
In 1889 the boundaries of Reading were enlarged. Horse drawn trams began running in Reading in 1879. Electric trams replaced them in 1903. However buses in turn replaced them. The last trams in Reading ran in 1939.
In 1909 Reading gained its first cinemas. In 1911 the boundaries were extended again to include Caversham and Tilehurst. In 1920 the first council houses were built in Shinfield Road.
Reading University opened in 1926. An aerodrome opened in Woodley in 1931.
During the Second World War Reading was considered a 'safe' town (one unlikely to be bombed). Therefore many children from London were evacuated to Reading early in the war. But it was not entirely safe. In an air raid on 10 February 1941 41 people were killed and 153 were injured.
In the 1950's more council houses were built in Reading. One new development was St Michael's estate between Reading and Tilehurst. South of Reading the Whitley estate was extended. Another council estate was built at Emmer Green. The first council flats were built at Southcote in 1959. Many private houses were also built.
Broad Street Mall opened in 1971. Also in 1971 Friars Walk shopping centre was built. The M4 opened in 1971.
But there were major changes in industry in Reading. Suttons Seeds closed in 1976. Huntley and Palmers biscuits closed in 1977. Simmonds brewery moved to a new site on the edge of Reading in the 1970's. On the other hand some firms moved their headquarters to Reading in the 1970's as rents in London became very expensive.
Reading gained its first commercial radio station in 1976. The same year a new civic office was built. A new Central Library was built in 1985 and a new railway station in 1989. Rivermead Leisure Centre opened in 1988. The Oracle Shopping Centre opened in Reading in 1999.
John Sykes conceived his business in 2000 and now becomes part of the successful history of Reading as he launched his charity for the people in 2014.
https://youtu.be/7zwbvKEqlhE
The John Sykes Foundation was established on April 10th 2014 with the aim of helping to transform the lives of people in and around Reading.
Real Estate entrepreneur John Sykes was born and raised in the borough, he lived at Cemetery Junction and attended Alfred Sutton School before going on to conceive his businesses.
John has had a vision to establish a local charity for a number of years with the aim of helping anyone in the town that can demonstrate a need for support. Now the multi-millionaire has set up the John Sykes Foundation, which will provide grants and support to people living in Reading.
The foundation aims to support people from all walks of life in areas including education, health, disability, sport, arts and culture, science and any other charitable purpose. There are four levels of grants that can be applied for ranging from smaller grants under £500 to larger grants up to £10,000.
The charity is being personally supported by John Sykes who will meet the costs of the organisation so that 100% of the funds raised are distributed back to the people of Reading.
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Reading is a thriving town but there are still people that are forgotten and as a local charity the foundation aims to reach people that national organisations are unable to support.
The charity gives the people of Reading a chance to reach their goals, live their dreams or get a helping hand when they are vulnerable or alone.
The foundation has been established to help individuals who live within an identified area of reach in and around Reading UK.
We are keen to hear from people who need help and support. We've made the process simple, please review the criteria and see where and how you can benefit and make an application. If you need help please get in touch.
We have 4 levels of grant applications.
Please make an application for this grant if you need £500 or less for your project/equipment or area of support.
Please complete the application form and include details of your requirements.
Reading Minster, or the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin as it is more properly known, is the oldest ecclesiastical foundation in Reading.
Please make an application for this grant if you need £2,500 or less for your project/equipment or area of support.
The abbey was founded by Henry I in 1121. The Abbey's Inner Gateway also known as the Abbey Gateway adjoins Reading's crown court and Forbury Gardens.
Forbury
In 1854, Forbury Hill and the eastern section of the present gardens were sold to Reading Corporation for £1200. Work started in 1855 and the Pleasure Gardens opened on Easter Sunday 1856.
Maiwand
Please make an application for this grant if you need £10,000 or less for your project/equipment or area of support.
The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1886 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot during the campaign in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880. The sculptor was George Blackall Simonds, a member of the Reading brewing family.
Each grant is not currently time specific. The individual grants are structured with a grant total therefore it's important to apply to the correct grant programme.
At the moment no single award will be more than £10,000. The foundation wants to ensure that it can help as many individuals as possible and has consequently put a limit on the total grant amount awarded; this may change as more funds are raised.
For children up to the age of 18, please ensure that you have a suitable adult to support you making the application, or to make the application on your behalf. If you are under 18 and have any difficulties please contact us to discuss, we want to hear from you.
Applications are open to individuals that live (as your place of residence) in and around Reading. If you reside in the area on the map below you would be eligible to apply.
When you submit your application you will be notified that it has been received. Applications for funding will be assessed by the Trustees. However, if a request is urgent please make us aware that a decision is time critical.
You will be advised whether you have been taken forward to the next stage. If you are unsuccessful we will also let you know.
Following a successful initial application you will either be invited to the charity office or we will visit you at your home. You will be asked to tell us more about your project, give financial details and tell us why you have made the application and what you hope to achieve.
Following this meeting a decision will be made and you will be informed verbally with confirmation in writing.
You will be asked to provide us with receipts and proof of expenditure for the grant and we will agree a time frame for it to be used. We may also ask you to support our marketing activity and help us promote the charity at any time.
Please complete the application form below, or download and complete the form and post or e-mail it to our office.
If you are applying on behalf of someone else, please complete your details below:
In what capacity are you applying for the person above?
Which grant level are you applying for?
Minster (£500 or less)Abbey (£2,500 or less)Forbury (£5,000 or less)Maiwand (£10,000 or less)
Please tell us in as much detail as possible why you are making your application. Where appropriate please include any references or details to strengthen your request.
In which area of interest does your application apply?
Arts and CultureDisabilityEducationSportHealthScienceCharitable Purpose
Please tell us about your financial circumstances and reasons for seeking a grant from our Foundation.
Please provide a draft budget for your project/equipment.
Please note that we will not fund projects or equipment that can be provided by a statutory organisation. We will not provide debt relief. Applications must be genuine with all details included. All information will be treated confidentially.
We may ask you to help us with our marketing or PR material. If you would prefer to stay anonymous, please select No.
Thank you for your interest in our Foundation.
23-24 Market Place
Reading RG1 2DE
mail@johnsykesfoundation.org
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Today, both the late producer's family and the producers that were working with Avicii on an album have announced that the album will be out this summer.
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Producers working with the album before Avicii's death said the album was "nearly complete" before his unexpected passing and relied heavily on "notes "he left behind to fully complete it.
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'Tim' is due out in June, and its first track, "S.O.S.," arrives on April 10.
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Q: Is there a workaround for SVG  not working on safari for Iphone? animateTransform is not working properly for me on safari (both Iphone and windows safari 5).  Here is the fiddle.  Compare it in Chrome vs Safari.
http://jsfiddle.net/20wzj8fk/1/
This is undoubtedly a bug, but what I'm hoping is that someone has had this same problem and found a workaround.  Neither google nor SO has turned up this exact same issue for me.  Here is the code:
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If you haven't noticed, I write. A lot. It's probably a little weird. But it's the best way for me to think. I write way more than I ever publish because it helps me organize my thoughts, and God moves in my heart as I write. And the things I publish often start a conversation with friends, strangers and family. People that think differently than I do, people I can talk to and hash out ideas and become better.
Better at what? Better at everything. I've always been pretty discontent. No matter what I do, how far I get, or where I go, I want to do better. I want to do the best I absolutely can.
Why be better, though? I guess I kind of take it for granted, but I always want to be better because what's the point of doing x, y and z if you do it half way? If your heart's not in it, why bother? Why waste your time?
Fill your own values in for the x and y and z. For me, the big ones right now are student ministry and my job.
Student ministry because, if I really believe that I can change the lives of students, then I should lean all the way into that and pursue it with my entire heart, my entire passion, my entire calendar and my entire bank account.
In the future, I might take some things off the list (and unless a 747 filled with cash crash lands into my house, it will probably be student ministry) and add other things on to the list. (being a husband, father, and mentor) But for where I am, and what I'm doing, I want to be the very best I can be at both these things.
But how do I know if I'm doing a good job at those things? Work is relatively easy. If I were a farmer, I could look at the fields I harvested, the seeds I planted, the acres and acres I worked on.
Of course, I'm not a farmer. (praise the Lord, I'd starve!) But I can still see code I've written, servers I've fixed, and alerts I've responded to. I recently started paying attention to the contribution bar on my GitHub account, and for you it only shows my open source activity, but for me it shows all the code I've written while working, and just that one little visual has been enough to bump up my productivity.
But… when I lead students, where's my contribution graph? Where are the acres of fields I can point to as, "This is how I know I'm doing good"?
This is part of what I was getting at in my post two days ago on Success. How do I know I'm being successful? How can I be the best I can be?
Some of the best leaders I know spend a lot of time analyzing. They analyze what they're doing, what they're seeing, what's happening. They take data in and they look at how effective they are. And then, with boldness, they act. They do big things, bold things. They act with one motivation: to be better at the things God made them to do.
But I know really good leaders. Good leaders that spend so much time analyzing, planning, thinking … they begin to doubt. I fall into this trap so many times. I look, I'm not sure if I'm doing good, and I'm not sure what I can make 'better'. We over-analyze our effectiveness so much, we begin to wonder if we're effective at all and if we should just give up. There have been times in my life, for months, where every day or every week, I just felt like giving up.
I admit that I often get my motivation to be the best from pride and ego. This is where my competitive spirit kicks in and it gets very, very ugly, very quickly.
But the last few weeks, God's been reminding me that doing ministry – helping kids – is what He wants for me, and my desire to do it the Best I can needs to be out of pure motives, not selfish ones.
And how do you do it the best? I've read some great writings on this lately.
First of all, we do it one at a time. This is hard. We want to appeal to the masses, but ministry happens on an individual, personal level. Some people are called to make a small difference in a lot of lives, but those of us called to make a big difference in a few lives can't overlook how important the ministry of one is. As my pastor Andy Stanley likes to say: "Do for one what you wish you could do for all." You can't do everything for everybody. Don't let that stop you from doing a few important things for a few people that are really important to God.
Secondly, the main thing is to show up. The biggest win, far more often than not, is by showing up. It's cheesy, but our biggest asset is always our presence, not our presents. Culture wants to say that the most important thing is "quality time". But "quantity time" is even more important. You'd be amazed at how valuable hanging out and doing nothing in particular really is.
Thirdly, and this is closely related to the last thing, but our best asset is our own spiritual life. The best way, bar none, to be the best leader you can be? To be the best follower of Jesus you can be. The gap between this and the second best thing on the list is so far there might as well not be a list.
To put it simply, leadership is influence. The ideal leader is someone whose life and character motivate people to follow. The best kind of leadership derives its authority first from the force of a righteous example, and not merely from the power of prestige, personality, or position. -John MacArthur, Called to Lead.
What makes the best leader? How do you become the best you can be?
It's really, really, really hard, but I'm reminded again and again that the best leaders are the best followers of Jesus. They don't puff out there chests. They don't let the enemy sway them with discontentment over their mission – or their fruit. They don't blow in the wind when opposition comes.
Great leaders – the best leaders – buckle down when life is hard. They do hard things. They have hard conversations. They run towards the mess – when all others run away. They love the unlovable. They seek out those others throw out. They build up the people the world tears down.


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Public • Venture
As Peloton Preps For An IPO, A Look Back At Its Funding History
Alex Wilhelm
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Morning Markets: Peloton is lining up banks for an IPO. Let's remind ourselves what we know about its performance as it heads towards a flotation.
Peloton, maker of expensive in-home bikes married to streaming spin classes, is looking to secure banks for an eventual IPO, according to the Wall Street Journal. The news isn't surprising from the richly-valued Peloton; the company's CEO said last year that his company would debut in 2019, for example.
If Peloton does manage an IPO this year, it will have demonstrated that at least one low-tech device can, in fact, be made successfully "smart" through the inclusion of high-tech items into a traditionally analog device. Peloton riders, who buy their hardware and subscribe to workout content, are somewhat risible as yuppies always are, but the company that their sweat powers could be a capitalist workhorse.
It will depend on margins, I think.
Peloton has posted material revenue and strong top-line growth in recent years. The subscription exercise shop put up around $400 million in revenue during 2017 and is on said to be on track for $700 million in its current fiscal year. That's the sort of growth that investors love from venture-backed companies like Peloton.
But unlike software companies which purely rent their code to other companies, Peloton has two businesses: hardware (selling bikes and, recently, treadmills), and subscription content (a monthly $39 fee). If you had to guess which of the two will sport a higher gross margin, which would you pick?
The easy answer is the subscription content, and I think that that's right, but I wonder if the hardware margins are as low as I initially thought, or the content as high-margin as investors likely hope. In short, I can't get a great read on how high-quality Peloton revenue is from what we know externally.
That makes Peloton's eventual S-1 filing all the more exciting a prospect; if the company has strong margins, its 75 percent year-over-year revenue growth is killer. At lower margins the results become merely good.1 We'll see.
But there's a lot of money wagered on Peloton's side. I asked our own Savannah Dowling to list out Peloton's funding for us, which looks like this:
That's a total of $994.7 million in raised capital, most recently at a$4.15 billion valuation. No pressure, Peloton.
Top Image Credit: Li-Anne Dias.
Why? Because Peloton has raised oodles of capital to promote and grow itself; the growth is partially predicated on Peloton's venture-fueled promotional run. If the blitz brings in revenue that isn't particularly profitable, the company could struggle against its private-market valuation↩
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The 9-piece record is scheduled to come out on 5h August in LP/CD. Below you can check out the complete tracklist. Meanwhile, Temple Nightside made available an extremely crushing track for you to taste while waiting.
Keep an eye on Iron Bonehead Productions' Facebook for more clues.
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Q: MongooseJS clean string before doing any validations I need to clean a string in MongooseJS before doing any type of validation. How can I access a field of my model and alter (clean) the field and only then do the validation of the field?
For instance this is what my model looks like:
var NotificationSchema = new Schema({
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});

I want to clean topic (remove any whitespace characters from it). After that has been done I want to check that topic is minimum 2 characters and maximum 60 characters.
Simply put, I want the topic to be cleaned first thing.

A: If you just want to validate against the transformed data you can use custom validation. http://mongoosejs.com/docs/validation.html
var NotificationSchema = new Schema({
    topic: { type: String, required: true }
});

NotificationSchema.schema.path('topic').validate(function (value) {
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If you want to also save the transformed data you would use the pre save hook to do the transform. You will still need to do custom validation as Mongoose doesn't have built in support for string length. See here for middleware docs: http://mongoosejs.com/docs/middleware.html
var NotificationSchema = new Schema({
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Carene () era una colonia greca ubicata in Eolide.

Storia

Viene citata da Erodoto come una delle città situate nella regione della Misia attraverso la quale passò l'esercito di Serse I nella sua spedizione del 480 a.C. contro la  Grecia, dopo esser passato per Atarneo. Da Carene, l'esercito proseguì la sua marcia nella pianura di Tebe fino ad Adramito e Antandro.

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Colonie greche dell'Eolide

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Transition to where and to what? Exploring the experiences of transitions to adulthood for young disabled people
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Gangneux, J. and Norberg, I. (2021) Transition to where and to what? Exploring the experiences of transitions to adulthood for young disabled people. Journal of Youth Studies, 24(10), pp. 1291-1307. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1820972)
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Transition to adulthood for young disabled people remains a major policy failure across OECD countries. The support available is often inappropriate, fails to meet young peoples' needs and they fall through the cracks, becoming lost in the system. Much of the work on transition takes a narrow approach, focussing on the shift from paediatric to adult services in health and social care. Drawing on interviews with young disabled people, collected as part of an evaluation of a new cash-based transitions fund, we explore transitions for young disabled people in Scotland. Like the wider personalisation agenda, this fund aims to promote autonomy and individual responsibility. We examine and critique this approach and argue that while the emphasis on young people and their families as social entrepreneurs can facilitate transition, it can also act as a barrier by failing to tackle broader structural constraints faced by young disabled people. We argue that whilst it is important to promote individual agency, structural disadvantage and inequality frame the transition process and these also have to be tackled. This is harder, and arguably more expensive, but without it there is a danger that attempts to improve transition for young disabled people will fail.
Funding: This work was supported by Scottish Government.
Gangneux, Dr Justine and Watson, Professor Nicholas and Norberg, Dr Ida and Pearson, Dr Charlotte
Pearson, C., Watson, N., Gangneux, J., and Norberg, I.
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Social Scientists working in Health and Wellbeing
College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
Journal of Youth Studies
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First published in Journal of Youth Studies 24(10): 1291-1307
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Children in Afghanistan face enormous health challenges. Chronic illness keeps them out of school and interferes with their ability to concentrate and learn while in class. Much of this disease burden is water-related and directly linked to inadequate sanitation and poor personal hygiene. The health risk is high, due to food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoan diarrhea, hepatitis A and typhoid fever. With 44% of the population below fourteen years age, some of the greatest gains in the population's overall health can be made for the youth of the country.
Most schools do not have access to sufficient quantities of safe drinking water or to toilet facilities. If a school does not provide adequate drinking water, children must carry it from home in small plastic jugs or face the other option, which is to not drink any water during the day. The lack of private and secure latrines is a serious problem for girls in school and is a leading cause of female student absenteeism and dropouts. Even where latrines are available, students often have nowhere to wash their hands, which exposes the entire student population to health risks through transmission of disease.
Hand washing is among the most essential and effective steps to prevent the spread of harmful diseases. The "WASH in Schools" program continues to provide safe drinking water, appropriate sanitation facilities and hand-washing stations. Our staff teaches school children and their teachers about hygiene and disease transmission. Behaviors are changing with the focus on hand washing, safe water storage and latrine use and maintenance.
The overall teaching environment has been improved by this program. When children are healthy, they are in class and attentive. Better health and education allows children to begin to break out of the poverty cycle, bringing their families, both present and future, along with them. Communities benefit as well.
1) Hand washing: proper hand washing methods with soap.
2) Diarrhea: explaining what causes diarrhea and the ways to prevent and to cure diarrhea.
3) Using safe water: the importance of drinking clean water, explaining how a bio sand filter works and motivating students to drink water from the filters that JDA provides to the school.
New drinking water and hand washing stations established at schools after puppetry program.
Washing hands at the hand washing station.
The Sawyer Absolute PointONE filters are being introduced into the schools and communities by JDA. These hollow fiber membrane filters are small, portable, easy-to-use, reliable, inexpensive, and can last a decade without needing to be replaced. Sawyer filters are certified for ABSOLUTE microns making it impossible for harmful bacteria, protozoa, or cysts like E. coli, Giardia, Vibrio cholerae and Salmonella typhi (which cause Cholera and Typhoid) to pass through.
JDA equips, trains and mobilizes a team of Afghan men and women for the implementation of this puppetry program. It is continually evaluated by our staff through follow up visits and interviews and by observing the hygiene practices of students. We modify and adjust our program to provide the most effective learning experience possible. We want results that effectively change the way students think and behave towards sanitation and hygiene.
All of the students are given a gift bag after the puppet show. It typically contains a tooth brush, tooth paste, soap, towel and a coloring book. The coloring book has been designed using pictures of the puppets reinforcing WASH message given in the puppet show.


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YouTube Can Now Create Captions Automatically
By Adam Ostrow 2009-11-19 10:07:11 UTC
Just like TV, captions play an important role in making online video accessible to everyone. While YouTube has offered captioning for a few years, today they're making it significantly easier for publishers to add them.
Now, YouTube can automatically assign captions to video using speech recognition. Moreover, video publishers can now upload a transcript for their videos, which further helps the site add accurate captioning. You can translate these captions into multiple languages too when watching videos. How does it work? Google explains:
"We've combined Google's automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology with the YouTube caption system to offer automatic captions, or auto-caps for short. Auto-caps use the same voice recognition algorithms in Google Voice to automatically generate captions for video.
We're also launching automatic caption timing, or auto-timing, to make it significantly easier to create captions manually. With auto-timing, you no longer need to have special expertise to create your own captions in YouTube. All you need to do is create a simple text file with all the words in the video and we'll use Google's ASR technology to figure out when the words are spoken and create captions for your video."
Google demos the features in the video below:
Topics: Google, Social Media, Video, YouTube


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The Latest News on Apple's iOS 9.1 Release
Since the release of Apple's iOS 9 last September 16, 2015, Apple has yet another surprise for its users. For those who have experienced iOS 9 bugs, Apple continues to fix these issues with an updated iOS version. But how does this operating system fixed the iOS 9 issues? Clearly, like the iOS 9, iOS 9.1 has its advantages and disadvantages.
According to the official Apple Support Communities forum, the game center thread is under universal agreement that iOS 9.1 has fixed the issues. In addition, the App installation problems thread also has a positive feedback on the updated operating system. Meanwhile, regarding the comments on the touchscreen glitches thread, it has been cleared up after the testing of the final iOS 9.1 beta.
Now for the negative feedback, the updated operating system is not as perfect as it seems. Some of the users concluded that Apple indeed updated the operating system but Apple was not able to fix the current issues. The affected users even reported that there are no improvements made. In addition to the reports, contact searching and personalized ringtones became problems with the updated operating system.
The takeaway message according to Gordon Kelly of Forbes, "If you have been suffering from any of the issues Apple calls out in the release notes then it is worth giving the update a spin. While it doesn't appear to have a 100% success rate what it doesn't fix it doesn't appear to be making worse, so there's no harm is seeing how it pans out for you."
Now, what are your thoughts Apple users? Have you upgraded to Apple's latest iOS version?
"Apple iOS 9.1: Should You Upgrade?" by Gordon Kelly of Forbes
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This blog is an opportunity to share my outdoor adventures and hopefully encourage you to "just get out there" and find ways to enjoy the beauty of nature. This blog is not only for grandmas, as the name suggests, but for all and will hopefully show that there are a lot of opportunities for people of all ages/abilities and interests to be active outside. I hope to encourage you to visit the beautiful natural places available to all of us.
The idea of this blog began when I was watching the ABC TV show "Rock the Park" with my friend Sally. It's this cool show with these 2 young guys visiting all the U.S. national parks. I love the show, and love how much it encourages me to get outside, however Sally said she was not at all motivated by it because she could not relate to the 2 young guys, and could not see herself able to do the activities they were doing on the show.
So the idea of "Grandma Rocks the Park" was born. The idea is to show how people my age (or any age) can enjoy the same beauty, activities and adventures but maybe on a slower/less intense scale.
I am not sure how this blog will change over time or what might be included as it grows, but I hope it will be a journey of fun, adventure, mishaps and sharing of information and beautiful places.
I hope you find these posts inspirational and motivation for you to seek out and create adventures near you.


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Home › News › Youngstown, Ohio: Youngstown Outdoor Movie Series Begins
Youngstown, Ohio: Youngstown Outdoor Movie Series Begins
by Nicholas Bazanov July 6, 2009
Youngstown Outdoor Movie Series Begins
Now through the end of summer, you can watch a free movie outdoors on the lawn of the Covelli Centre. "Bring food. Bring a blanket. Just enjoy. It's urban living. You got the background. You got the city behind you. It's great. Youngstown's a great city," organizer Nick Dubus said. Dubus teamed up with the city of Youngstown last year to start the movie series after seeing its popularity in other cities. "I used to live in New York City, and in Bryant Park, they have movies every Monday night, and they show old fashioned movies. You'd get 10,000 people at these movies, and I really wanted to do something like that downtown," Dubus said. The city built a big screen last year, and now with a fresh coat of paint, they're ready for the 2009 series. Organizers say they had a lot of success their first year with hundreds of people coming out each Monday. This year, they're hoping to expand their audience by showing a variety of movies. "Everything from Iron Man to Jaws to Enchanted, To Kill A Mockingbird, we really tried to make it as diverse as possible to reach out to everyone," Downtown Events Coordinator Lyndsey Hughes said. And it wouldn't be a movie without plenty of snacks. "We do have the Purple Cat and Touch the Moon Candy Saloon selling old-fashioned candy and popcorn and soda, and the proceeds will help mentally disabled adults," Hughes said. The movies start at 9pm every Monday and run through August 31. The following is the complete free movie schedule: June 29: Iron Man July 6: Jaws July 13: Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull July 20: Sixteen Candles July 27: The Family that Preys August 3: Madagascar 2 August 10: Disturbia August 17: To Kill a Mockingbird August 24: Enchanted August 31: The Incredible Hulk Source: http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Youngstown-Outdoor-Movie-Series-Begins/2MyEk7Xu50qvnVQ8JYZ5qg.cspx


UK readers of national newspapers spend substantially more time with print publications than they do with their digital counterparts, new research has found.
The report, Newspaper consumption in the mobile age: Reassessing multi-platform performance and market share using 'time-spent', shows that 89 per cent of the time audiences spend with national newspapers, including the Guardian and The Telegraph, is still in print, compared to 7 per cent on mobile devices and 4 per cent on desktop.
By analysing data from 11 UK newspaper publishers on comScore and the UK National Readership Survey (NRS), Neil Thurman, professor at City University of London and LMU University of Munich, found that print newspapers are read for an average of 40 minutes per day, but online visitors spend an average of just 30 seconds per day with the digital editions of the same titles.
"Looking at reach or number of readers, online looks a lot more impressive because we're used to seeing unique users reported per month, while print circulation is reported daily," he told Journalism.co.uk.
"But if you're just looking at the reach, then you are not taking into account the amount of attention people are paying, which you have to focus on as well if you want to understand how valuable print and online are."
Thurman explained that the data, taken from April 2015 to March 2016, mirrors the split in newspapers' print and digital revenues of 88 and 12 per cent respectively, as presented in the recent NMA/Deloitte report.
"This research, to some extent, suggests that print is an under-recognised medium in terms of the attention it can attract from audiences.
"The print product has characteristics that make it a very effective means of retaining audience attention – the design, the contained experience and the sense of completion when you finish it – but print circulation is declining and online audiences aren't growing at a rate that's enough to make up for these losses.
"Maybe some of those characteristics could be adopted online, and that might improve the amount of engagement that online publishers receive."


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Kennel Operator Charged In January Fire That Killed 29 Dogs
(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A kennel operator faces 29 misdemeanor charges in connection with the early morning January fire that killed 29 dogs in west suburban Carol Stream.
Garrett Mercado is charged in DuPage County with multiple counts of cruelty to animals and violation of owner's duties. His next court appearance is set for Aug. 12.
"These dogs lived in cruel and inhumane conditions, and they died a horrible death," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a news conference.
The dogs died in a blaze Jan. 14 in the former D and D Kennel located in Carol Stream in a fire so intense that it burned a hole through the floor of the second story, where Mercado had an apartment, Berlin said.
Mercado had left the dogs without care for 5 hours before the fire started, Berlin said.
About 30 other dogs were saved by a quick thinking sheriff's deputy and firefighters who entered the burning kennel, the Chicago Sun-Times reported at the time.
An investigation into the cause of the fire was inconclusive, prosecutors said. Officials said at the time that the fire did not appear suspicious.
Mercado, of Woodridge, operated the kennel of 58 dogs and was charged with neglecting, mistreating and ultimately abandoning the dogs, the state's attorney's office said in a statement.
Some of the dogs under his care had suffered puncture wounds, lacerations, abrasions, weight loss, muscle wasting and dehydration, prosecutors said.
The kennel, located at 2N441 North County Farm Road, allegedly had a foul odor and urine stains, fresh and old feces and empty water bowls inside, according to prosecutors.
The dogs were allegedly kept in stacked cages or crates, which were too small. Some dogs were kept tethered in a way that prevented movement, prosecutors said.
"Many times, animals have no advocates," DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said in the statement. "They can't report a crime committed against them or tell someone that their being mistreated. That's why it's so important for public safety to step up as the guardian for those pets and animals that are being abused or neglected."
Mercado was arrested Wednesday evening, and was released after posting 10 percent of his $50,000 bail, the DuPage County state's attorney's office said in a statement.
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'There could be other ways that we could make it work'
Published 8:30 pm Sunday, April 29, 2018
By Sam Wilmes
The city of Albert Lea recently created an economic development fund, which it hopes will help local businesses like startup technology company Mortarr LLC. Pictured are Mortarr co-founders Steve Pulley and Amy Petersen, and Albert Lea City Manager Chad Adams at Mortarr headquarters. - Sam Wilmes/Albert Lea Tribune
City starts economic fund to help business community grow
The city of Albert Lea has instituted an economic development fund it hopes will help the community grow.
The Albert Lea City Council approved transferring $600,000 from the city's general fund to the economic development fund.
"We're adding another tool to the toolbox," said Albert Lea City Manager Chad Adams.
The fund could be used to help software startup company Mortarr LLC expand. The company — currently at 137 S. Broadway Ave. — is hoping to expand into the Freeborn National Bank building and Jacobson Apartments. The company expects to add about three dozen jobs in the next 14 months.
The fund could be used to finance the project along with assistance from the state and Albert Lea Economic Development Agency. Money for the economic development fund was transferred from the city's $9.5 million unassigned fund balance. The city also transferred $350,000 to its public works facility fund and $200,000 to its building maintenance fund.
"We've got a lot of resources through the state, but oftentimes those funds come with some limitations or restrictions," Adams said. "We've got other city tools — like tax increment financing and tax abatement — but sometimes we can't use those for certain projects by state law."
TIF funding is not available for development of Jacobson Apartments and Freeborn National Bank building because the buildings are in a TIF district.
Adams said funding from the state's job creation fund is still likely needed to develop the two buildings. The city has reportedly been trying to encourage the Department of Employment and Economic Development to review the plan.
"There could be other ways that we could make it work," Adams said. "Without it, that puts more risk on the local community or the developer."
Adams said the city has been discussing forming the economic development fund for a couple years, "that is truly more of a revolving fund that can provide either gap financing, or, where traditional financing isn't a good fit for some reason or another, where we can be a partner to grow local businesses."
After the City Council meeting April 23, Albert Lea Mayor Vern Rasmussen Jr. and Albert Lea Ward 3 Councilor Jason Howland said they supported the fund.
"It's really important for us as a community to continue and invest in our future, and so when we look at opportunities to secure different businesses, whatever they may be, having flexibility so that we can look at low-interest loans or forgivable loans according to what jobs they create, really is important to us," Rasmussen said.
Howland said he has heard from community residents who want to improve Albert Lea economically.
"This is just one step that we can hopefully help with future opportunities," he said.
In other situations, the city could use the economic development fund to pay upfront costs on projects such as a planned retail study, with other entities eventually paying the city back.
"It provides more flexibility to be creative with growing our local economy," Adams said.
The city has been looking into forming a retail study for about a year, speaking with firms that provide market analysis on regional retail strengths.
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Sam Wilmes covers crime, courts and government for the Albert Lea Tribune.
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