Melvich Village Hall was over a 110 years old. Many people in our community have fond memories of things that have happened there. The community hall was in a poor physical condition and was in desperate need of modernisation to meet the needs of our local population and also help improve facilities available to visitors to the area.
A structural survey was conducted of the hall and the associated report gave an extensive list of remedial recommendations which would need to be implemented to restore the building to an acceptable condition and level of performance. The report concluded Given the significant age of the building and the considerable extent of the defects, consideration should be given to a new-build rather than a refurbishment. The existing building footprint may not be most conducive to a modern layout and it is believed that there may be significant advantages to be gained from a new site location, including an improved internal layout and an increased set-back from the A836.
An options assessment process has been performed which assessed ten different options. The options involving a new build hall scored the highest, followed by options involving renovation. Doing nothing and closure options scored very poorly.
Melvich Community SCIO are working towards the goal of providing a replacement hall for our community which will act as a fit for purpose multi-functional multi-generational inclusive community hub. We are raising our profile and gathering support from our local community and hope to bring in grant funders to assist. We will need to raise money within our community to help put towards the cost.
In the coming months, Melvich Community SCIO will complete the demolition of the old hall, try to purchase additional land to increase the available footprint for the hall and starting the process of designing a new community hub. We value your input to specifying the new community hub and helping us raise funds for this project. We have an exciting journey ahead of us.
Any donation you make for this campaign will be put into a "Restricted Fund" held by Melvich Community SCIO and this money will only be used for helping pay for work that progresses getting us a new community hub. Please help us make our vision of a fit for purpose multi-functional multi-generational inclusive community hub happen. Thank you for your support.