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The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
A project to create a multi-use hub in Kinloch Rannoch was awarded £250,000 from the Community Ownership Fund.
The building in Perthshire was originally a school. This project will let the community repurpose a building that was financially unworkable.
Rannoch Community Trust is leading an initiative to create new sustainable facilities. This will allow community activities in Kinloch Rannoch to expand in the short, medium, and long term.
The centre will be commercially viable and will include:
It will also provide volunteering and paid employment opportunities for local people.
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
A Leicestershire village’s dream of a new community centre is being supported by £250,000 from the Community Ownership Fund.
Thurnby sits on the border between city and countryside and has few community spaces. The unused pavilion space will:
The planned hub is located near St Luke’s Church and Manor Park.
The hub will provide a space for people to connect. It will offer a range of support services including:
The investment will add to over £750,000 that has already been raised by the church and the local community.
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
Light Church in central Bradford has been able to buy the Jubilee Centre with £225,000 support from the Community Ownership Fund.
The Jubilee Centre is the location for the Bradford central foodbank.
The Light Church runs several services out of the Jubilee centre.
These include:
When the property went up for sale, church members vigorously fundraised. This included a sponsored 72 hour fast, which raised over £20,000 and collecting donations from church members worth £150,000.
With the Community Ownership Fund, the future of the foodbank and other services that run out of the Jubilee Centre are assured.
The funding has:
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
Boosting Ramsgate’s economy with £19.8 million investment
The plans include several projects that will:
The regeneration will focus on three areas:
The Green Port will become a centre of excellence for:
This area will see a new hotel and restaurant in the Smack Boys’ building. It will provide training opportunities in hospitality. This will complement a new facility for the local fishing fleet to store and sell their catch.
There will be two new spaces for the community in key areas of Ramsgate. These spaces will help local people to access the new jobs being created through capital investment projects. This will help to address some of the inequalities and challenges faced by many local residents.
The investment will bring a host of benefits to the area, including:
Councillor Ash Ashbee, Leader of Thanet District Council, said:
This is absolutely fantastic news for the district. This funding will make a huge difference to the communities, businesses, and stakeholders in Ramsgate. It will help to boost Thanet’s wider economy and provide new jobs and training opportunities for many local people.
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
The Grade A listed former temperance hall sits in the heart of the walled City of Derry~Londonderry. The building was closed since the start of the pandemic, but now with £181,000 from the Community Ownership Fund, the hall is brought back to its former glory.
The hall has been closed since the start of the pandemic and cannot currently be reopened due to the deterioration of the building.
The hall will be future proofed by:
This will enable St Columb’s Hall Trust to begin generating income to secure the Hall’s long-term future.
The funding will help to:
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
The Pontycysyllte Aqueduct, area of outstanding natural beauty, has been awarded £13.3 million from the Levelling Up Fund.
The Pontycysyllte Aqueduct is a masterpiece of engineering and a popular visitor destination. The aqueduct is a main focal point on the 11-mile stretch of the World Heritage Site. This area of outstanding natural beauty has been awarded £13.3 million from the Levelling Up Fund.
The funding will help:
The initial phases of the Trevor Basin Technical Masterplan will deliver:
This will include investment to:
The investment will improve connectivity, including:
Improved access across the site will deliver health and well-being benefits for future visitors.
Station and car park upgrades include:
These improvements will:
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
£300,000 was allocated from the Community Ownership Fund to transform the Old Town Hall in Whithorn, Galloway. The funding will help the town hall become more accessible, functional and support working towards Net-Zero.
The Grade B listed Georgian town hall is set to turn into a new social enterprise that will offer training to young people in:
It will also showcase energy efficiency innovation for hard-to-treat Georgian buildings.
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
£200,000 from the Community Ownership Fund has been awarded to the Wharf Community Hub in Marple.
The project will regenerate the Grade II listed building to create a local community hub.
The Warehouse building has been a key part of the community since the early 1800s but is now in a poor state of repair.
Plans for the funding include renovating the building and creating a:
The hub will provide a place for the community to come together and a chance for people to learn about Marple’s canal transport heritage.
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 17 January 2023.
The Community Ownership Fund allocated £124,258 to the CANA Resource and Training Centre. The centre is in a converted nineteenth century chapel in the Pen-y-Waun estate in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The funding will:
This training centre will help local people gain the skills needed for jobs in the area, and those expected to be in demand in the future.
The investment will help regenerate the physical structure of the building. It will also provide a facility that generates an income. This will ensure the centre’s sustainability in the long term.