Bookings

Phone: 07563 758533

Email:

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Updated 24 May 2010

The Team

Chairman Graham Wright
Vice Chairman Adam Stephenson
Treasurer Julie McDonald
Secretary Rozanne Macpherson
Caretaker Myles Duffy

Progress to Date

Update: 15th May 2010

Powerful heaters / air-conditioning units have been installed

Toilet block ceiling taken down and walls stripped of plaster to dry out
Heavy duty de-humidifiers are drying out the toilet block

Solar panels are being fitted on the roof facing Garden Street

Work is expected to start next week on painting the outside of the building

Who are our funders ?

Insurance : Royal Sun Alliance, £30k +
Toilet block work + replacement non-slip flooring + re-painting hall etc.

Climate Challenge Fund, £37k
New windows, lighting and loft insulation

Community Energy Scotland, £50k (part of Community And Renewable Energy Scheme)
Heating & solar panels

D&G Regional Council (ex Village Hall Improvement Fund), £3k
External Painting + applied for further funds for roof repairs

Town Hall Replacement Fund, £9.5k
Match funding for roof repairs + internal painting

RIAS, £1.3k
Building Survey

Common Good Fund, £1k
Non-slip kitchen flooring + clean-up

Community Centre

The Building

The building is at the corner of Dromore Road and Garden Street and is adjacent to the Medical Centre and the Primary School.
This building was formerly used as the Gatehouse School. In 1985 it was taken over by the local community. Being an old building, levels of insulation were low, there were some leaks in the roof and over the years it had become “tired”.

But now things are changing.

- 8 very efficient heat pump based heaters / air conditioning units have been installed.
- Solar panels are being fitted to the main roof.
- Planning permission is being sought for sealed unit double glazing virtually throughout the building.
- Ceiling and loft insulation will be installed, together with loft ventilation.

All this is happening at a time when we are recovering from a major water leakage in the toilet block which was caused by frozen pipes during the last winter. As a result ceilings have been taken away and walls stripped of plaster down to bare bricks. When de-humidifiers have done their job of drying out the building, toilets will be reconstructed and the whole toilet block will be painted, as will the main hall.
Any roof works necessary to avoid future leaks will be carried out and the whole exterior of the building will be cleaned and then painted.

All-in-all the Community Centre is being given a complete facelift. Most of the work is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2010, but timescales depend on planning permissions, availability of finance and the ability of local firms to carry out the work when we are ready.

Bookings

We are hoping to finalise an on-line booking system, but this may turn out to be an on-line room availability system, as some management input is likely for most bookings.

The building contains 4 corner rooms, each approximately 27 ft x 19 ft in size. For the foreseeable future 2 of these rooms, the Bunker and the Snooker Room, are likely to be sub-let on a long term basis. Another corner room is currently laid out as a Meeting Room with large tables in the middle of the floor. The last room is known as the Lounge. The Meeting Room and Lounge are currently bookable by the hour, subject to availability, with the charge being £10 per hour.
The main hall has a usable space of 53 ft x 20 ft and is also bookable by the hour at £12 per hour.

To make a booking ring the following dedicated mobile phone number:
07563 758533
You will be directed immediately to an answering machine. Please leave a message which contains :-

- your name
- the organisation that you represent
- which room you would like to book
- the date and time this room is required and for how long
- your contact telephone number
- if possible a contact email address

A member of the management team will get back to you ASAP thereafter.

N.B. Any bookings before at least mid June 2010 must be made with the knowledge that only one toilet is available in the building whilst repairs are being carried out.