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Joint Statement

Today, West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance and Property, Jeremy Hunt, gave the go-ahead to start the process to potentially transfer the ownership of the Park Centre in Burgess Hill to a community organisation ( please see Decision details on public web site for the full details.) As the centre is currently owned…
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What next

Having established the new CIO with constitution we are working with West Sussex County Council, the Charity Commission, Almond Tree International and Blandy & Blandy LLP to prepare to transfer the endowment of the property to the new charity. This will take time to navigate the legal complexities but we hope that we will be…
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The story so far

West Sussex County Council, as sole Corporate trustee has advertised the property that is held by the St John’s Institute charity as a community asset transfer opportunity. The Council’s aspiration is that the property will continue to be used for the benefit of local young people. A group of charities, supported by Burgess Hill Town…
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