Street Motion March Newsletter (Covid-19 Special)
Less than two weeks ago today I was finishing up a ‘Winter Newsletter’ which was going to summarise everything we’d been up to for the last couple of months and all the exciting things we had planned for the rest of the year. It seems however that current events have got in the way a bit, so instead please find this message to bring you up to date on where we stand today and how we plan to continue providing you with a valuable service during these next few months of uncertainty. It is a long read, but please read it through to the end! The year had actually got off to a really good start, we had introduced a new timetable, almost doubled the amount of classes available, memberships were slowly increasing and this was looking like it was going to be the first quarter where I was going to be able to pay the rent on the unit without dipping into my own personal savings. The way things were going we were on track to clearing our significant overdraft and actually being in a position to have some cash left over to invest in new equipment/obstacles by the end of the year...... and then this happened. If I’m totally honest, of all the scenarios I considered concerning risk management and mitigation, global virus pandemic and being forced to close our doors for an unknown time period never crossed my mind as a realistic situation I’d ever have to face in my lifetime. We are operating in uncharted waters, the advice and instructions from the government is changing daily. I would have sent this email sooner however no sooner had I finished developing [...]