3 September 2025 - Fundraising helper needed
We need another helper to work with us to raise the money needed to buy and refurbish the pub on behalf of the community so it can reopen next year
MK City Council has accepted our right to bid for the pub, under the Community Right To Bid rules. So now we now enter a very critical period (until 22 January 2026) when we can fundraise, consider a suitable bid and get a business plan together to buy and run the pub for the community.
The pub is on sale for £550,000. That's £350,000 for the pub itself and £200,000 for the land (car park and garden).
Any community bid for The Lamb will be for both plots together as a single entity - the pub, with its car park and beer garden. Read about our vision for The Lamb here.
We are following the tried and tested fundraising strategy recommended by Plunkett UK, which means that each of the Steering Group now has specific role:
Fraser Bull – looking into whether we qualify for loans
Julia Smyth – helping manage our work to apply for grants
Liz Male – managing communications, media and liaison with our local MP
Nick Allen – chairing the group and managing our liaison with Plunkett, which will guide us as we set up a Community Share Offer and tax-efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme
Richard Wimmer – approaching potential major donors
Stacey Rawlings – advising on planning issues and managing liaison with MK City Council
HELPER NEEDED!
Many local residents have expressed a wish to be involved in supporting the community pub. Right now we need one more helper to join the Steering Group to help us coordinate our fundraising activities. Could this be you?
We need someone who enjoys exploring new ideas and coming up with creative solutions. Someone with energy and a strong sense of purpose, who feels they would like to get more engaged with the local community as part of the Steering Group team. Perhaps you have fundraising, sponsorship or sales experience? That would be great, but is not essential. All you really need is the time and willingness to help.
If you think that could be you, please talk to Nick, Richard or any of the Steering Group - you can contact us via this website, on Facebook, or just seek us out at the Friday night bar in the Village Hall! You can also call Nick on 07979 267507 if you'd like in informal chat to find out more.
We have just FIVE MONTHS to complete our fundraising. That time will fly by. So thank you for any help you can give us.