A LONG-awaited £320,000 refurbishment has started at Alfrick’s village hall this week after months of delays.
The project will see one side of the existing hall completely demolished and replaced with a new foyer, meeting rooms, toilet and changing rooms as well as a refurbished main hall and kitchen.
It will allow different events to take place simultaneously in the hall, greatly increasing its community use.
Committee member of the Peace Memorial Hall, Richard Steele, said: “We’re delighted and relieved that it’s starting now and look forward to it being finished.
It will mean we will be able to provide improved services with much better facilities.
“One of the problems we have at the moment with the configuration of the hall is we can only really have one function on at any one time.
“There are also environmental aspects. It will be far more energy efficient with double glazing and a new heating system.”
The project has been funded through the Big Lottery Fund as well as the money from the Severn Waste Environmental Fund, which is part of Welcome to Our Future.
The committee, made up of 12-residents from Alfrick and Lulsley, also received donations from local charities and individuals.
The hall committee had hoped for work to begin in the spring, but this was delayed after they encountered problems with the removal of an electricity pole.
Mr Steele added: “It’s been very frustrating but at last now the contractors have started on site.”
He estimated that the work would take 23-weeks to complete.
Source: Malvern Gazette
