Published on 12, July, 2020
I’ll make a poll for this later when I’m on my laptop. However the question I put to you is this. Should there exist local organisations in the major cities patterned like student unions but with the specific aim of serving autistic adults.
such organisations would:
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One way you might go about trying to find a venue without having to actually spend money to lease or buy one, is to reach an arrangement with a sympathetic charity in the local area. if such a charity has a sizable amount of office space including One or more conference rooms it’s probably only in use from 9 to 5. If you could come to an arrangement whereby your organisation could have use of the conference rooms from six onwards provided you were responsible for keeping them in a good condition, you could effectively treat it like your own venue. But it does mean this organisation has to trust your volunteers enough to give them a key.
our local council allows a couple of the empty shops in my town to be used as pop-up shops or for local groups to use as a 'high street presence' on a monthly basis (I think for free) so the properties are being used. So local councils might be able to provide a temporary space for groups to form, libraries (if you're lucky enough to still have one) might be willing to help too.
they get to use it for a month or there abouts, you apply to the council to go on a list and pick from that, I don't know the full details but that is what I've heard. I got the impression it was set up initially to make use of empty premises and to help new start ups get a high street presence for a period of time to gauge interest and get a foot in the door so to speak. I've seen local charities (wildlife trust, transition town etc) using it too.
'on a monthly basis' as in they get to use them once a month or as in they get to use it for a month?