Lancaster village hall awarded two grants to help with improvements
Residents involved with Slyne-with Hest Memorial Hall are celebrating the awarding of two grants to the community hub.
The Lancashire Environmental Fund (LEF) has awarded the hall £2,500 to deal with a damp problem at one end of the building.
Don Cunningham, the new chairman of the charity committee that runs the hall, said: ‘We are so grateful to LEF for the funding to deal with the damp problem and help us reduce energy costs.
"These issues are to be expected in a community building that has been around for over 100 years, but we want to ensure that the hall continues to be the beating heart of the village for another 100 years.”
Meanwhile, the hall has also been awarded a 3R Grant to manage fire risk.
The committee are very grateful to 3R Foundation and Charity Shop in Carnforth for a grant of £833 to improve the fire safety system.
Vice chair Sarah Faithfull commented: “The memorial hall charity is funded purely by people hiring the hall for activities and in the last few years with rising energy costs, it has been very difficult indeed.
"This 3R Foundation grant enables us to install additional smoke detectors and improve safety for all our users.”