Championing Our Community

Our Mashamshire Community Office charity is dedicated to championing and speaking out for what’s best for Mashamshire. We also believe  we can achieve more through collaboration than by working in isolation – consulting, listening to others and being open to working with partners.

As a local, volunteer-led charity since 2002,  we are known and trusted inside and outside our community. We continue to build on this, encouraging local groups, businesses and organisations to come on board and 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

Masham Futures group was initiated in 2022 . Getting together groups and organisations with a stake in the community was triggered when our building was at risk of being sold – we came together and were eventually successful in buying it.

Groups collaborating include the 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 Mashamshire organisations or groups who would like to get involved, please contact Hayley Jackson, MCO Manager, to find out more.

 

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…