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20.01.2023 - 17:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Lockerbie Old School group is celebrating after securing the £5.1 million needed for a building redevelopment project.
The final piece of the funding jigsaw to transform the 145-year-old building into a community and enterprise centre was confirmed this week.
The project has been awarded £2.62m from the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
And that will top up an earlier award of almost £775,000 from Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Jackie Moffat, chairwoman of the Lockerbie Old School, said: “This marks a historic point in our journey, because, as a result, we have now achieved 100 per cent of the £5.1m we need to bring the dream we have had since 2013 to reality.
“I would like to thank our key partners – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Cunninghame Housing Association and South of Scotland Enterprise – with all their help and support.
“Without them and our other funders, none of this would have been possible”
A range of additional funders are supporting the project, including the Holywood Trust, Magnox, Muirhall Energy, Robertson Trust and the Pan Am 103 Trust.
Work has already begun on the first phase of the project, which involves stripping out the interior to the bare brick.
The main construction work will begin in May and it is set to reopen its doors in the summer of 2024 as a new facility with space for a wide range of activities which will provide employment, volunteering, educational and social opportunities for the people of Lockerbie and the surrounding area.
In addition, eight new flats are being built on the site by Cunninghame Housing Association that will provide assisted living accommodation for local residents, supported by Turning Point Scotland – pushing the total
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