- Target:
- Portsmouth City Council
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- www.artandsoultraders.com
The Lodge arts centre, Victoria Parks arts cafe, could be forced to close because of a huge council rent increase.
By raising the annual charge from £4,500 to £10,000 Portsmouth City Council could put the not-for-profit Lodge Arts Centre, in Victoria Park, out of business.
The Art centre offers a variety of services, courses to everyone. It is one of Portsmouth's most precious commodities, it offers so much to Portsmouth's cultural diversity and provides us with a culture of it's own. We are proud of what we have created, do not let this injustice come to pass.
We Thank you for your support.
We the undersigned People call on Portsmouth City Council to eliminate the rent increase on The Lodge Arts Centre. The taxpayers of Portsmouth own The Lodge entirely.
In addition to this we the undersigned call upon Portsmouth City Council to grant the lodge SBRR "Small Business Rate Relief" to Enable us to continue to provide Portsmouth with freely volunteered support to continue to impart knowledge, teach, expand and embrace the proud cultural diversity in our city.
The Centre is non profit over the past decade there have been many volunteers all working for free, Imparting their knowledge unto others often less fortunate. The Lodge simply cannot withstand a rent increase.
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The Say no to rent increase for Portsmouth Artlodge petition to Portsmouth City Council was written by Pablo and is in the category Culture at GoPetition.