CASE STUDY ASSET TRANSFER
Canolfan Y Fron Gwynedd, North Wales
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In 2014 following a village meeting Planning permission was successful in and vote it was decided that the June 2016 and the group were Canolfan Y Fron Committee would awarded £946,851 from the lottery the proceed with their Community Plan. following November. With a further They put together a business plan for £195,000 from the Welsh retaining the school building and Government’s Community Facilities sports field for community use with the Programme awarded in June 2017. school building as a Village Community Centre. They felt they The plans are to; needed an income generating activity to build up financial reserves for Renovate closed village school capital expenditure and act as a building to become a community financial safety net. hub On 5th May 2015 Gwynedd Council Y FRON Development Group offered the village a lease on the Y Fron, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, school building. However, the offer LL54 7BB came with the strict condition that the [email protected] funding must come from the current www.facebook.com/Canolfan-Y- Fron round of the Big Lottery Fund. CASE STUDY ASSET TRANSFER Canolfan Y Fron Gwynedd, North Wales
Regenerate the village and local area
Restore lost services •Cafe •Shop •Community rooms •Treatment Room •Changing rooms
18 Bed bunkhouse Need to manage internal
communications Lessons Learned: Workload keeps growing
Lots and lots of friends out there It is essential to keep the Opposition has made us more community on board. thorough and resilient Funding streams can conflict
Old buildings consume contingency allocations
Old buildings add programme time
Contractors and lead professionals have their own agendas and tastes
Professionals will not always listen Y FRON Development Group to client’s local knowledge and/or Y Fron, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, opinions LL54 7BB You must be tough [email protected] www.facebook.com/Canolfan-Y- Need a good team especially a Fron detail person