A dream to turn a former Angus school into a 21st Century community hub will become a reality following today’s announcement of a £1 million lottery grant.
The ‘FriockHub’ project in Friockheim has been the subject of a long-running campaign to bring a multi-purpose centre to one of the county’s largest villages.
It is hoped the centre at the former Eastgate school will house a sports complex, business units, a theatre and cinema, a community garden, and will also include reception facilities for up to 150 people.
Dougie Pond, chairman of FriockHub, said: “We are delighted to have been offered a Big Lottery Scotland grant which will allow us to develop a facility – in the heart of the village – which will offer many activities and spaces to support, sustain and develop Friockheim and its rural surroundings.”
Friockhub was one of six groups across Scotland which received a share of a bumper £3.9 million New Year funding boost announced today from the Big Lottery Fund Scotland.
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Angus edition of The Courier.
