Author: Mike Turner

The WiNSpace Team are really pleased to announce that we have signed a contract with Rigg Construction.  This is to build the long awaited new community centre.  We are now discussing the likely construction start date but if all goes well, we should be open for business in September 2025!

We are really looking forward to working with Rigg who have been selected during a rigorous selection process, which started in March this year, with 4 companies tendering quotes from which Rigg was selected.

To allow us to sign a contract everyone has worked really hard to hit our funding target, which has secured the amount we needed to afford the building, with Rigg Construction doing their part on bottom line price.

We had to make tough choices and have had to leave items out, for the moment but what you see in the picture above is what you are going to get.

Shortly more details on start dates will be available and we will be communicating to Users and Locals on what is going to happen during the build process but we will remain fully open for business during the build! It’s going to be such a great place for the community to own and use, new groups are asking about using spaces – so the excitement start here.

As the Winscombe Community Association has moved to what is called an ‘Incorporated Charity’ we now have a new Constitution. This requires the WCA to have members. Therefore WCA have just launched a new membership scheme which is completely free. Why not join the WCA as a member and be first to hear what is going on especially with the New Building about to start construction.

Close on the heels of our Community Ownership Fund Grant of £300,000 we have just heard that we have obtained £200,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund. This is another massive step for the project. We have also been informed that we will be receiving a further £60,000 in grants from providers once the digging starts.
With 89% of funds identified (see below), it’s to going happen very soon, although there’s still lots to do and more funds to find.

Our thanks goes to the National Lottery Community Fund and all those who have played the lottery

We want to share the great news with you that we have been granted £300,000 from the Government as part of their Community Ownership Fund. They were impressed with our ambition to upgrade the community centre and are supportive of our plans for the new building.

We worked hard on the grant bid and it was a lot of work. However, we couldn’t have done it without the support of the Parish Council and our local MP John Penrose. We still have a few legal hoops to go through, but we are now one step closer to bringing our new building to life.