{"id":8125,"date":"2016-01-12T18:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2016-01-12T18:49:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:49:25","slug":"scout-group-launches-250000-bob-job-campaign-buy-cardiff-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/12\/scout-group-launches-250000-bob-job-campaign-buy-cardiff-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Scout group launches \u00a3250,000 bob-a-job campaign to buy Cardiff church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8127\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Group.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8127\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Group.jpg\" alt=\"Group\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8127\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Group.jpg\" alt=\"Group\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Second Llandaff Scout Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA LLANDAFF North scout group has launched a huge bob-a-job campaign to raise \u00a3250,000 to buy a local church.<br \/>\nThe Second Llandaff Scout Group is hoping to buy Christchurch Methodist Church\/URC in Belle Vue Crescent\u00a0to provide a long-term base and secure the future of the group.<br \/>\nThe Church is selling off its land, and the scout group will have to move unless they can raise the money by the end of this year.<br \/>\nScouts are hoping to raise the \u00a3250k total through a \u201cBig Bob-a-Jobs Campaign&#8221; which will involve children in the group providing services for different companies. And they have already secured their first deal.<br \/>\nOn March 24 the group will earn a large donation for performing a range of jobs at the Cardiff offices of \u00a0law firm Eversheds.<br \/>\nAssistant scout group leader Abigail Gibbins said: \u201cWe needed to do something massive so we decided to bring back the old scouting tradition of bob-a-jobs.<br \/>\n\u201cWe thought, \u2018let\u2019s go massive, let\u2019s go corporate.\u2019 So we approached Eversheds and they agreed to donate if the kids came in. They\u2019ll be in their uniforms serving tea and coffee and maybe even manning reception for the day.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Gibbins is hoping that Eversheds will be the first of many benefactors.<br \/>\n\u201cNow that one big company has done something, we\u2019re hoping for a domino effect with others joining in. If we can get 100 companies to each give us \u00a32,500 then suddenly the \u00a3250,000 figure looks a lot more manageable,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cSo far we\u2019ve only raised \u00a33,500 including the Eversheds deal, but I\u2019ve got a couple of big meetings in the next couple of weeks with some really significant people. It\u2019s very exciting.\u201d<br \/>\nIt would be a disaster if the scout group had to move away from Llandaff North, according to Ms Gibbins.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have between 120 and 130 kids at the moment and many of them wouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to do the things we provide for them if we moved away,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe sight of a boy who is normally in a wheelchair swinging from some rafters in a climbing harness is the most amazing thing, and that\u2019s the kind of thing we do for the kids.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Gibbins also said that all alternatives to the church in Llandaff North would only be available on a rented basis.<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to rent anything. We\u2019ve got this one chance, this fantastic opportunity, to buy the church so that no one can ever kick us out. We could have a permanent home forever.\u201d<br \/>\nTo donate to the Second Llandaff Scout Group, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.givey.com\/saveourscoutgroup\">www.givey.com\/saveourscoutgroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LLANDAFF North scout group has launched a huge bob-a-job campaign to raise \u00a3250,000 to buy a local church. The Second Llandaff Scout Group is hoping to buy Christchurch Methodist Church\/URC in Belle Vue Crescent\u00a0to provide a long-term base and secure the future of the group. The Church is selling off its land, and the scout group will have to move unless they can raise the money by the end of this year. 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