revealed 7 November 2024
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Work has begun on a £900,000 area for households in Stornoway as the most recent addition to The Shed Venture celebrates 10 years because it first opened.
‘The Barn Venture’ will see the refurbishment of the church corridor, the set up of recent bathrooms and a brand new group kitchen and counseling room in addition to the addition of a lot wanted workplace area.
About £325,000 of the overall value was raised by the congregation of Martin’s Memorial Church, with the Basic Trustees of the Church of Scotland contributing an additional third via grants and loans.
A fundraising workforce is working to safe the remaining funds from exterior funders and it’s hoped that ‘The Barn Venture’ shall be accomplished round September 2025.
The Shed challenge, which was opened by The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in Might 2014, initially employed two folks however now has a workforce of 15 employees working in three essential areas of youth and faculties, alcohol and drug restoration and household help.
Tommy McNeill, minister at Martin’s Memorial Church and workforce chief for The Shed Venture, mentioned: “The Shed Venture has exceeded all expectations when it comes to our unique imaginative and prescient for the work.
“With a coronary heart to serve our group to the most effective of our capability, this implies we recurrently assessment the providers we offer and see if there are any gaps in service provision regionally so we may help fill them.
“We’re in common and ongoing contact with Comhairle Nan Illian Siar and NHS Western Isles to see if we are able to companion with them in offering providers to our group.
“Shed constructing has now reached capability.
“Nonetheless, we don’t have the center to serve our group.
“That is the place the imaginative and prescient of ‘The Burn Venture’ comes into play.
“Our coronary heart for this new area is that it’ll successfully be a brand new household heart that can help our journey with kids, younger folks and their households who will profit from casual help.
“We have solely been capable of get to this thrilling stage with The Barn on account of an area challenge workforce who’ve been working in direction of it for the final two to 3 years.
“Their efforts have resulted in O’Mac (the constructing contractor) beginning work this week and they’ll proceed to work with us till the burn challenge is full and the brand new area is handed over.”
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