157 signatures and counting!

Over 150 signatures on our petition! This is excellent and demonstrates the level of concern and support for the old Dukes building.Thanks also for the excellent comments which many of you have made which will include in our submission and publicity.

Let's keep up the pressure. We want to achieve our target of 500 signatures! Tell, Blog and Tweet more of your friends about the petition and invite them to sign up, especially Glossop residents and former pupils of Dukes. 


Sign the petition at https://www.change.org/petitions/frogs-petition 

Notes of the Meeting on 12/07/11

Welcome & introductions
Ian welcomed the 60 people present, introduced himself and explained that the aim of the meeting was looking at the possibility of acquiring the building for use by the community after the school community vacated the building, most likely in October .The Duke of Norfolk School itself was not closing but moving to a single site at Royle Avenue. 

Welcome

The idea for FROGS came out of a public meeting on 12th July 2011 and the commitment to keep the old school building, opened in 1854, for use by the local community. 60 people attended the meeting, shared ideas about future use and 8 people have formed a Steering Group to progress the project. The first steps will be the adoption of a constitution, the appointment of officers and the start of serious fund-raising. The market value of the building could be in the region of £200,000 (see the blog under 'Valuation')..

The school building will be vacated in the autumn by the Duke of Norfolk CE Primary School moving to the single site at Royle Avenue, Glossop.

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