I am Secretary of a small Social club which has been going for 150 years and will keep going for the foreseeable future.
It was the working mens club for the Foundry / engineering works I worked in from 79 until it closed in 88.
The building was given to the members at that point and has managed to keep going ever since. It almost closed about 10 years ago, but everyone involved agreed to run it on a completely voluntary basis to allow it to continue.
Its so old fashioned and basic its becoming fashionable.
When we shut for lockdown in March, membership numbers had dropped to 44.
When we reopened in August we actually made a bit of an event out of it which brought a few curious newcomers in, who then told their mates and within a month Membership had grown to over 60.
The pandemic has had no negative effects on us really as our only fixed outgoings are phone / electricity / gas. Which arent being used when its closed, so the bills are minimal.
In fact the lockdown was great for us as we got the standard £10,000 business grant which doubled our balance in the bank.
We are now using it to renovate the exterior of the building, which is grade 2 listed.
When lockdown 2 started recently we sold all the beer at half price to get rid of it, which was £1.40 a pint.
Its not all doom and gloom.