£40k is 'huge step' for community hub

Big plans The hub will encourage social interaction, community integration and provide a space for local activities and events in the village

- IAN BUNTING

Off and running Work on the hub is underway

Chapelhall Community Development Group is £40,000 richer thanks to welcome financial backing in the latest round of grants from the Scottish Land Fund.

The village organisation has received the five-figure sum for the acquisition of a development plot through a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) from North Lanarkshire Council.

Following acquisition, the group intends to build a modular two-storey community hub for residents of Chapelhall.

The hub will encourage social interaction, community integration and provide a space for local activities and events.

The grant is amongst 15 totalling £1,563,608 for community asset projects across Scotland that have been announced by the Scottish Land Fund.