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====Link to Group:==== The Funding Working Group can be found here http://freegle.it/Funding

=== LOCAL FUNDING GROUP REPORT: 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010 === This is the first report for the Funding Group and we are pleased to announce that, after going live on the 17th August 20

'''Freegle Funding report 10/03/16 – 20/08/16''' Covering group messages 553- 645.

'''Development Group Report : June 2017''' ====Task 70 - Support for ‘multiple group clusters’====

'''Freegle Funding Report 21/08/16 – 18/10/16''' ====Funding newsletters====

'''Freegle Funding report 18/10/16 – 10/01/17''' ====Funding Newsletters====

'''Freegle Funding report 11/01/16 - 10/03/16, covering messages 490 – 553''' ...any further ideas or activities that have brought in funds for your local group.

'''Freegle Funding report 04/07/17 – 29/08/17, covering messages 1024 - 1134.''' ...uk/acfcms/get-involved – lots of discussion about this possible source of funding, although there was some disappointment that Environment is no longer a sep

...ore information about it at message number 58314, or in the Freestock café group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FreeStock-Cafe/info ...unding now gives the opportunity to invite tenders to provide it. Join the group at http://freegle.in/development if you are interested in defining what thi

'''Freegle Funding report 30/08/17 – 30/04/18, covering messages 1135 -1459''' ====Current Funding====

===Freegle Funding group report Sept/Oct 15=== Very busy period for the group, we had a few new members and lots of discussions summarised here:

'''Freegle Funding April 2017''' Freegle Funding report 10/01/17- 06/04/17, covering messages 824 -945.

===FUNDING=== have also agreed to include us in future reports and plans.

===FUNDING=== Jacky has submitted a funding application for £1,000 from:

'''STRUCTURE GROUP REPORT August 2013''' *Central group to remain the key discussion group for Freegle Volunteers

'''Freegle Funding report 11/01/17 – 04/07/17, covering messages 824 - 1024''' ...roup – Green Grants machine newsletter, j4b Community Funding and one from Funding Central.

===FUNDING=== Back to Freegle Representative Group or [[Freegle Reps Report 2012-06-16]]

'''Freegle UK Central Group: Summary of items of interest''' ...uded that responsible groups should, if they allow borrowing on their main group or on a cafe, warn potential lenders of this liability. Further info can be

'''Development Group Report : October 2017''' ...sadly failing for a number of reasons. A 'failing group' is indicated by a group which has been open for members for longer than 12 months, where the monthl

...via modtools, share posts from the main freegle facebook page on to their group page. See message 59362 for more info https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/F ...and if they do, it is automatically reposted (subject to moderation). Any group that wants to opt out of this function should set the max number of auto-re

...6 is beginning to take off – anyone interested can join the Freestock Café group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FreeStock-Cafe/info '''Working group reports'''

...for Expression of Interest to develop such a platform were sent out to all group owners with a closing date of 27 October http://freegle.in/EOI ...that the offer is made, almost always by a member who has just joined the group, but when someone responds they are told the that person making the offer h

*The difficulties of obtaining grant funding for ongoing running costs. ===FUNDING===

= Funding = # We are very conscious that funding Freegle in this way is not ideal, since volunteers already give their time

== Tech Working Group Report August 2010 == Group link [http://freegle.it/Tech Freegle Tech]

...ere approved as a correct record of the meeting - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/message/33261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/messages/23880

...sage was sent to Central asking for offers to actively manage that Working Group; there have been no offers to date. ...ech part of the strategy with the Tech Group, with the aim of revising the group’s task list to put it in line with the overall stabilisation strategy.

...specific job, responsibilities or accountability of and for an individual, group, team ...is subject to approval by the Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC and other funding partners as applicable. All decisions to be recorded in General Meeting Min

Freegle Development is a group where new policies are discussed and voted on and any changes of existing p After adding links for the cafe group and also for the funding group this task has now been completed for the individual sections.

...l as potentially other platforms such as Windows phones. He has requested funding from Freegle for this. ...County Council. Cumbria would require a logo within the app in return for funding. The app would be trialled in Cumbria and Chris hopes to release the app b

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/message/30774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/message/30966

A Yahoo group has been set up to discuss the details. The members are: ...stocks so we had to restrict the numbers sent to some groups so that every group that made a request received some.

d. Seek external advice if appropriate. No funding of external advisers can be undertaken on behalf of Freegle without specifi ...inal recommendation to Structure by the end of March 2013, unless previous reports to Structure have indicated a later date and this has been agreed by Struct

...y 2012. There were approximately 1600 posts on the Freegle Reps discussion group in that time. ...be on behalf of the national organisation of Freegle, or purely as a local group owner.

Group link: http://freegle.it/Structure ...scussions it was noted that there are significant risks to Freegle if more funding is not found to pay for some of the key work to sustain and keep the organi

They have switched on the main Grow-Your-Own garden "sub-group" functionality and will be "launching" this at an event on 14 April. Chris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/message/37043

The Trading Subsidiary Group have now made their final Report which recommends a future structure for Fr All discussions on this are presently being held on the Structure Working Group and all volunteers are welcome to follow or join in.

STRUCTURE GROUP REPORT October 2013

'''STRUCTURE GROUP REPORT, April 2013''' ...s important to have new input and fresh opinions so why don’t you join the group and let us know what you think?

'''Freegle Development Working Group Report''' The development group has grown a little this month with membership now standing at 41 members, u

The Freegle Structure working group can be found at http://freegle.it/Structure. ...r Freegle so that we are organised in regard to central and possible local funding issues.

====GAT and local group issues==== ...ular discussions in this period covered VPS hosting, a new tech volunteer, group homepages, server capacity, republisher changes, observer role and mailbox

On 15 September 2015 the team reported to Central that the working group recommended building our own platform. This would enable us to work withou ...the meeting for this item. The other Board Members discussed the Platform group report and voted on a decision. This was done by setting up a separate Sky

===REPORTS=== ...come YTD - £2,688 (£1,000 from Freegle UK transfer, £1,000 from mobile App funding, £687 from donations, recycling lives and catchup on Gift aid)

...m/neo/groups/FreegleUK-Central/conversations/topics/63739] and sent out to group owner addresses 17.6.17. ...hat you see when you are logged out). They are also sent weekly to Central group members to vote on which to include in the members’ newsletter.

'''Group members 58''' Freegle Development is a group where new policies are discussed and voted on and any changes of existing p

==STRUCTURE GROUP REPORT== ...this idea are given in Central message no. 25784 [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreegleUK-Central/message/25784]. The result will be by simple majority.

===Reports=== ...in funding for a food-sharing scheme and will let us know if they receive funding.

.../neo/groups/FreegleUK-Central/conversations/topics/62036], and sent to all group owner addresses 20th January 2017. ...o. com/neo/groups/Freegle-Tech/in fo . In particular, see the monthly Tech reports listed at the bottom of this summary.

...nd cover costs associated with reusing waste materials (obtained via local group) for the sites where the photos will be shown (Waste House and Emmaus Brigh The exhibition has national backing, Arts Council funding, is part of Biennale and will be on the well-promoted tourist trail in Brig

Funding and Bank Account (for Freegle UK)-Reps thought Unity bank was the best opti Start WG group resignations and issues-discussed and responded

'''Structure Group Report 03/10/09 to 20/09/11''' The Structure Working Group was started in September 2009 with the remit to help develop proposals for

===Reports=== ...es from accessing the website to posting a message on the most appropriate group.

No further reports. ===REPORTS===

We have started using Yahoo group polls to make decisions after a group poll should close it and that all polls should have an

It was decided not to apply for Welsh funding as there were concerns about this. ...emit for a combination of Structure/Media/Growth groups to the Board - new group name ‘Development.

Group members 57 Freegle Development is a group where new policies are discussed and voted on and any changes of existing p

...ry 2012. There were approximately 940 posts on the Freegle Reps discussion group in that time. ...agreed that the links to the One Stop Shop and Freegle Mods Home Page Help group should be phased out of use, and the information checked to ensure that any

...ity. This made it difficult for us to enter into partnerships with or get funding from other organisations. ...members are expected to read all mails on and contribute regularly to this group.

STRUCTURE GROUP REPORT DECEMBER 2010 Although not the remit of this group, discussions were undertaken about the forthcoming elections and the announ

We have changed the format of the report to Central to include reports from individual Reps about what they have been working on during the period ...ies. Cat has continued with Media work and Kath is now looking at National Funding oupportunities. Paul is considering whether he can increase his involvement

...are reviewed as and when required by the Board and the Development working group. ...e to survive or thrive, we need to secure those skills - and this requires funding.

==REPORTS== John will report on Yahoo group and next month.

...ps where a member has tried to use it and failed are being reported to the group owner address. In most cases the member will have been alerted to the probl ...e repost interval which is in your group settings for reposts to your home group is the one which prompts the repost button. The option to add addition info

...ard discussed that the risk for Edward had been reduced with the Microsoft funding but not so for Cat. It was suggested that Cat make a clearer ===REPORTS===

...ished on Central and to Members in line with the Finance Policy. [[Finance Reports]] ...his will be by a copy of the mandate in PDF form on the Board’s discussion group, and a list of the authorised signatories in the files on Central. Any new

Freegle Development is a group where new policies are discussed and voted on and any changes of existing p The group welcomed five new members over the last four months.

===Reports=== 3. Other - there’s a Welsh funding opportunity Cat might apply for

===REPORTS=== * Report back to Platform group on shortlisted conversations and agree the way forward, either to further w

==REPORTS== Wellspring - action on them to secure funding.

...cism as such but a statement of fact. I am hopeless at doing regular media reports through the year so this this AGM Report is a little too long –sorry abou Local promotion is generally done by local group moderators. This is best for a few reasons but means it doesn’t always ge

=== Group Affiliation Report === ...a which has been very successful, we seem to lack the ability to win grant funding as we don’t currently have volunteers to write successful bids.

We are still getting reports in for posts bouncing, both from the providers and the message makers. The ...ber of the group. <br> If for some reason the FB membership is not on your group please send an email only invite to it.

===REPORTS=== It was agreed to discuss on the Yahoo Group and involve Jane, Treasurer.

Discussion Group: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Freegle-TSW-Team/ *The IPS can own assets, receive grant funding and sell services if we wish to

...mails to local groups giving details of how to apply to Waitrose for local funding. ====Help group for local fundraising====

'''Group Affiliation'''<br> The Freegle Group Affiliation Team (GAT) currently has 6 active members; Alison, Jo, Julie,

...ls, modernising our mobile app, and investigating commercial sponsorship. Funding these activities dug deep into our reserves, but is necessary if we are to ...unteers, with access details to the meeting being published on the Central group.

...is included £6,400 from our very generous anonymous sponsor, £1,000 from a group volunteer, a £2,500 anonymous donation, and around £7,000 from being feat ====Group Affiliation====

...unteers, with access details to the meeting being published on the Central group. ...d an application form, one is a change of core area and the third is a new group working through the process with a caseworker

...draising via marathons etc, or rich donors, and we are not good at winning funding bids. So we don’t have many options to raise the money to pay for things ...uicker and several of its quirks have been sorted. However there are still reports of it not yet being perfect. <br>

...ode" if they wish to raise an issue that way. Tech&ModTools is the busiest group, followed by Central with the other groups way behind. Discourse itself ha ...edures from volunteers and members, complaints from members, spam and scam reports and thanking people for donations.

...unteers, with access details to the meeting being published on the Central group. May and Melissa joined the group originally to help sort out the general mess that was our filing system and