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Created: 10 July 2024

EREWASH is to get a new community hub – in a £30,000 boost that has been secured by the borough council for residents in Kirk Hallam.

The project will see a changing room block on the edge of a football pitch transformed.

Part of it will be turned into a space fully kitted out for the wider community to use.

The revamp has been made possible by the borough council obtaining a £30,788 grant from what is called the FCC Communities Foundation.

The organisation funds environmental and social projects using money from the UK arm of a waste and landfill multinational.

Kirk Hallam Community Wellness Network pushed for the building at Windsor Crescent to be repurposed after highlighting a need for youth and community space.

Local people backed the idea in a survey that was launched last autumn by the council’s Active Erewash team – which provides sport, physical activity and health-related services in the borough.

Councillor Josy Hare, who is Erewash’s Lead Member for Health and Wellbeing, said:

         “With money being so tight for the council I pay tribute to our team for managing to find outside funding for this project. It means that the residents of Kirk Hallam are getting a crucial new space for the community to make use of.”

Richard Smith, senior grant manager at the FCC Communities Foundation, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the conversion – and pleased our funding will make such a difference to so many groups of people.

“FCC Communities Foundation is always happy to consider grant applications for projects that benefit local communities and we’re looking forward to this one having a positive impact very soon.”