Championing Our Community

Our Mashamshire Community Office charity is dedicated to championing and speaking out for Mashamshire. We believe we can achieve more through collaboration than by working in isolation and are open to working with partners.

As a local, volunteer-led charity since 2002,  we are trusted inside and outside our community. We continue to build on this, encouraging all local groups, businesses and organisations to get involved, contribute to achieve common goals and have a voice for Mashamshire.

Here are some of the collaborative groups we work with or have established and participation is very welcome…

Mashamshire Futures Community Partnership (MFCP)

Initiated in 2022, the need to get together was triggered when the building our charity calls home, was at risk of being sold.

MFCP was originally formed to help organisations work together and keep informed. Recently it has been recognised as a community partnership by NYC with links to wider partnerships such as Uredale Partnership below.   It has seen members collaborating to benefit the town with projects like “Peculier Masham”, which aimed to drive up visitor numbers and support a vibrant High Street and included new initiatives such as the Masham Peculier History Tours and Creative Legends blue plaques – more info here.

Members collaborating include the Masham’s Churches, Primary School, Pre-School, Peacock & Verity Community Spaces, Masham Town Hall, Masham Sports Association, Grewelthorpe Village Hall, Masham Parish Council, Masham Patients Group and other voluntary groups.  Read our terms of reference below.

Futures Partnership Terms of Reference

We welcome any other organisations or groups, from Masham or nearby villages, who would like to get involved, please contact Hayley Jackson, MCO Manager, to find out more.

 

MFCP Member Resources

Mashamshire Business Connections Group

Masham Community office helps bring local businesses together through the Business Connections meetings

We established Masham Business Connections network in 2012 with the aim of strengthening the local economy by enabling businesses who have a stake in our community, to come together.   It’s a chance to get to know each other, share experiences and business challenges and perhaps collaborate to overcome these.

It is especially useful for rural smaller businesses who often feel as though they are battling issues alone. Getting to know each other means there is mutual support, insights and ideas to share. If there are common issues or opportunities, actions and solutions can be explored together. Our aim is to improve confidence, motivate and have a positive impact on the local economy.

The Uredale Partnership

The Uredale Partnership is a recently formed partnership aimed at enhancing the quality of life for the people of Ripon and the surrounding areas including Masham.

It has been formed to bring together local North Yorkshire Council elected councillors with organisations like Mashamshire Community Office, who are able to represent the priorities in their areas. The partnership then seeks to identify common issues and develop new solutions that are rooted in real local knowledge, and then collectively bid for funds and convert ideas into action.

So, the priorities and needs expressed at Masham Business Connections and Masham Futures groups will feed into this new partnership. Watch this space…