The Welney WebsiteWelney's new Community Centre - nearer there!page created 21st Nov 2015; last updated Tuesday, 03 September 2019 |
The Welney WebsiteWelney's new Community Centre - nearer there!page created 21st Nov 2015; last updated Tuesday, 03 September 2019 |
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IntroductionAt last I'm able to post some good news about this 10 year project - the Parish Council are now in a position to place an order for a new building!The Council's efforts have been somewhat tortuous, and it was only the hard work of a team of parishioners between July 2014 and August 2015 that has brought the project to this stage. The saga is described on other pages (see links at bottom). It is hoped that the Council's Committee formed in September to oversee the final stages will now recommend that Council place a purchase order in December (this year!) with the preferred contractor, MRC Modular whose Director/owner Martin Reynolds, and Sales Manager Chris Neill, have given tremendous support and assistance over the last 2½ years. In the meantime the following press release has been issued to a number of local newspapers: |
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Press Release, Nov 2015"New Community and Sports Pavilion for WelneyWebmaster's note: Drawing is a draft; entrance ramp has since been redesigned to lead directly to car park. Webmasters note: WREN is a not-for-profit business that awards grants to community, environmental and heritage projects across the UK from funds donated by FCC Environment as part of a voluntary environmental tax credit scheme called the Landfill Communities Fund. Since 1998, WREN has granted over £200m to more than 7,000 projects which benefit people living within 10 miles of a FCC Environment landfill site. For more information please visit www.wren.org.uk or contact WREN on 01953 717165. |
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Text, design and layout: Peter Cox © 2014 Welney Website |
Update: August 2019. It's 3½ years since the "good" news above. Unfortunately the Parish Council under Chairman Cllr K.Goodger then took back control of the project and rather messed the whole thing up just as they had between 2005 and May 2014. Among the specifications agreed between the Action Team and MRC that the Council changed were heating and foundations. There have been continual attempts by some parishioners to find out why the changes were made. The story of our new Community Centre is continued on a new page under the building's official name "The William Marshall Centre" |
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