BUSINESS life: Window of opportunity; BUSINESS AWARDS: Generosity worthy of recognition.Byline: COLIN LEWIS FACED with a former Salv-ation Army Hall they didn't need, Broad Street Windows hit on a simple solution. They started making it available for community use - free of charge. That was in 1999. Ever since then the big-hearted move has been a major boost for mums and tots, musicians, religious groups, bingo bingo Game of chance played with cards having a grid of numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random. When a number on the card is drawn, the players cover that number (should they have it); the game is won by covering a certain number of squares in a row enthusiasts and Indian folk dancers who had nowhere to get together, and precious little money to spend. And now the company's generosity has earned it recognition outside of Foleshill, with a finalist's place in the Evening Telegraph's Coventry City Council sponsored Contribution to the Community Award. Though it turned out to be the best solution all round, it came about by complete chance. When managing director Alan Griffiths Alan Gordon Griffiths (born 4 September 1952), Australian politician, was an ALP member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1983 to January 1996, representing the Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria. and brother Terry set up the business in 1984, they shared a car park with the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. . "We had been using their car park for deliveries, and when they moved elsewhere we decided to buy the site which left us with a hall we didnt need," said Alan. Coventry City Council offered to match, through SRB funding, to match investment in refurbishing the main hall of the building subsequently renamed the Broad Street Meeting Hall. Broad Street Windows now covers the running costs running costs npl [of business] → gastos mpl corrientes [of car] → gastos mpl de mantenimiento running costs npl [of business . "It just seemed the right thing to do. We had a hall we didn't need and the community did." CAPTION(S): SUCCESS IN THE FRAME: Winston Bradford (main picture, on left) of the Zion Fellowship and Broad Street Windows managing director Alan Griffiths and (far left, clockwise clock·wise adv. & adj. Abbr. cw. In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock. clockwise Adverb, adj in the direction in which the hands of a clock rotate ) Alan Griffiths, Winston Bradford, Terry Griffiths, Blossom Grant, Margaret Bradford and Elma Packer packer /pack·er/ (pak´er) an instrument for introducing a dressing into a cavity or a wound. pack·er n. 1. An instrument for tamponing. 2. See plugger. at the former Salvation Army hall which was turned into a focus for community events |
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