SWOT anaylsis Jan 2008

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STRENGTHS

  • The talent
  • attitude of people
  • some diversity
  • good programme and great brochure
  • welcoming
  • level access building
  • location
  • transport links
  • volunteer run - financially sustainable
  • sense of collective responsibility
  • good, willing audience
  • cheap or free
  • active audience
  • alternative space
  • open potential for how it grows
  • resolve and ability to persevere
  • sharing of skills
  • range of drinks
  • transparent ethical approach

WEAKNESSES

  • not enough daylight/ windows
  • chaotic communication
  • temporary lack of co-ordination
  • cancellation of events
  • different standards of cleanliness
  • difficult to find things
  • general maintenance slow
  • lack of commitment sometimes
  • difficulty of job sharing/ distribution
  • limited involvement of people with different abilities
  • bad publicity
  • bad publicity distribution
  • keeping on top of admin and maintenance and general operations
  • difficulty of communicating the 'difference' of star and shadow
  • not caring for resources
  • some crap equipment
  • some lack of clarity about how things run
  • weak harnessing of volunteers
  • financial systems a bit sketchy?

OPPORTUNITIES

  • develop audience and range of programmes
  • community purchase of building
  • move to a bigger building
  • running mobile cinema projects
  • increase awareness of s&s and our approach
  • not reliant on funding
  • ues the space to full potential e.g more child friendly, more beautiful.
  • influence wider age range
  • kitchen for food serving
  • developing conditions for initiatives or participants
  • spread the word nationally about s&s
  • build closer links with local community
  • more private hires
  • build bigger doorway
  • build resource library
  • think more ecologically

THREATS

  • development of ouseburn
  • loosing the building
  • relationship with landlord
  • lacking health and safety
  • open to exploitation
  • relationship with st.anne's
  • lack of distribution of responsibility leading to burn out and/or unseen hierarchies.
  • security - e.g theft and aggression
  • death of cinema (dvd, home-entertainment-focused culture)
  • statutory intervention
  • lack of crb checks
  • lack of wider community support in bad scenario?
  • too many procedures and policies
  • global recession and environmental destruction.
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