Charlie wrote:who owns it currently, and why is it that drumlemble no longer needs a village hall? - is there no attempt by the community to buy it and restore it as a community hall, there must be grants available - see thread on southend hall? just wondering
The Laggan community council own the hall but despite numerous efforts over the last 6 years or more there is nobody using the hall except when there is an election (it is used as a polling station) and occasionally for a church service. As there is not an election every year and there are bills to pay there is no other option but to put it up for sale.
I was a member of the community council when the problem of lack of use was first mentioned and members of the Drumlemble community decided at a meeting about 3 years ago that unfortunately as the hall was not being used by the community they reluctantly agreed that it should be sold and any money raised would go back into the Drumlemble area. It was agreed that members of the public in the Drumlemble area would have a say in what the money would be used for.
I remember that in one of the years when I was still involved the income was less than three figures and the expenditure was over £400.
Selling the hall is not something the community council would have wanted to do but in my opinion and the opinion of the members of the community who were at the meeting there was nothing else they could do.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:22 pm
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