Glenariffe’s new Community and Recreation Centre
The new Centre will provide a fully accessible, all-inclusive facility which will accommodate both the club and the community needs. It will provide a wider range of social, sporting and recreational opportunities to people of all ages, abilities and interests in the community.
What the new Community and Recreation Centre will contain:
GROUND FLOOR:
- Female and male changing rooms with shower and toilet facilities
- Medical Room
- Reception Area
- Office and storage space
- Lift to first floor
- Toilet and access facilities for people with disabilities
FIRST FLOOR:
- Multi-purpose community function room which can be divided into 2
- Kitchen and catering facilities
- Gym and fitness centre
- 2 disabled toilets
- Viewing gallery/veranda
Activities and Services
The new Centre will provide an inclusive, accessible community hub where people of all ages, interests and abilities can come together. The Centre’s facilities will serve the needs of both the local community and the hurling club. The Centre will offer:
- Community team and fitness events
- Gym & fitness centre
- Fitness classes for all ages, levels, abilities and interests
- Community team and fitness events
- Pre-school play group
- Pre and After School Clubs
- Music, dance and craft classes
- Training, information and advice sessions
- Meeting and training space for local clubs, groups and associations
- Social and community activities eg Big Breakfasts, quizzes, bingo, etc
- Kitchen and catering facilities for social and community functions
Centre Cost
We have secured sufficient funding to build the first phase of the proposed Glenariffe Community and Recreation Centre which will cost £850,000.
In addition to raising £281,000 ourselves over the past 8 years, we have been awarded £420,000 from the Big Lottery-funded Space & Place Programme and a further £180,000 from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. To bridge the shortfall and to safeguard our secured funds, Friends of Glenariffe have taken out a loan with UCIT (the Ulster Community Investment Trust) which is a bank specialising in lending monies to community organisations. This loan is solely the responsibility of the Friends of Glenariffe and will be paid back over 10 years.
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