I'm certainly in favour of regenerating the hall and its grounds and it being something of benefit for the community; but by way of feedback, if the Livesey genuinely wants the community to see it as an asset, it needs to treat itself as one: it has no website to advertise itself, and no way of booking it for an event except for a phone number outside - which rang out every time I tried to call when I was looking to hire some local event space. Maybe that's the fault of the current operators, but if so, they also can't be too surprised that there's been little engagement, and little backlash from the community. I live in the Perry Vale area, and whenever I've mentioned the Livesey to neighbours (usually by way of us discussing the Bell Green Barratt development) they're genuinely surprised that it's actually still in use rather than derelict. Even I didn't know it had sports grounds and tennis courts.

I hope if this Crowdfunder is successful that any new a Community Benefit Society works with locals and people with professional experience in running event and community space to properly showcase where it is, what it is, and what the offer will be long term.

This post was last modified: 06-06-2025 02:49 PM by ComtesseDeSpair.