• July 2023

    31/07/2023 The charity took an in-depth look at the potential offering of a Waterside hub at different times of day throughout the week, taking into account the spaces available, the wishes expressed in local surveys and the services and facilities provided in other hubs

  • May/June 2023

    WMCS obtained three quotations to demolish the club (varying from £50,000 to £80,000, with aspects covered or not depending on the demolition company)

    Meetings were arranged with Business Gateway and legal advisors

    WMCS made contact with other community hubs around Scotland

    WMCS hosted meeting of local influential people to discuss project and spread the word. Some offered to fundraise through sales of football cards

  • April 2023

    24/04/2023 CD Architects presented a community hub feasibility study, funded by a £5,000 award from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT)

    (To keep the building costs as low and as manageable as possible, it had been decided that in the first phase of the hub there should be only one big, subdividable hall, with a cafe (and kitchen) alongside. Any spaces in the building would have to earn their keep)

    10/04/2023 WMCS ran a successful Waterside Easter duck race, complete with egg hunt, Easter bonnet competition, face-painting, orienteering, and thanks to a local bowling club, corn bowling. The day raised over £2,100 while promoting the community hub project

  • March 2023

    21/03/2023 EDC Community Grants awarded charity funding for two laptops and a printer (£1,068)

    Local historian/photographer Edward Z. Smith gave presentation on the hub and the history of the area at Gartconner Primary School

    One class took part in a logo-designing competition

    Logo competition prize-winners were selected at the March AGM

  • January/February 2023

    Volunteers delivered leaflets and surveys around area, obtaining 318 survey responses from households in Waterside, Fauldhead, Woodilee and surrounds, with 97.8% in favour of having a community hub. Respondents also indicated what facilities and activities they would like to see in it

    CALA Homes pledged to donate £5,000 in general project funding as well as £35,000 towards demolition of derelict club. The developer also promised to provide mains sewerage connection and landscaping help