To recycle a B listed iconic building to give back to the Clachan and wider community the much needed community hub/emergency centre.
Description
Clachan lost its much loved and well used village hall due to terminal decline as an asbestos concrete roofed building with corroded portal flames and was demolished in 2022. The iconic historic B Lited Kilcalmonell church was purchased with a Scottish Land Fund grant to serve as a replacement village hall to arise like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of the old hall. The hub will allow resumption of the dormant user group activities and will provide a recreational, educational venue for the comunity as well as a resource for private hire. It will also serve as an emergency centre to provide safe haven and meal provision at times of emergency such as has occured on many occasions over the past 10 years particualrly in relation to power cuts, village floods, a freak snow storm, and gales, some of which also resulted in blocking the A83 artery to Campbeltown. We are in the process of renovating the exisitng church building to provide the main comunal space and this work shold be completed by the end of the year. This is being funded in part by are own fund raising initiatives and by local wind farm trust grants. We then need grant funding for the extension to provides the addtional space for : a catering/kitchen area, a small meeting room, additional storage and toilet provision with disabled access for larger capacity events and activities. It is is this extension project (phase 2) that we are seeking funding from the RCGF scheme as well as other agencies such as the Windfarm Trusts, and other grant funders. We are looking for this construction work to be done 2026-2027.
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