Local Carlow Community hall receives huge €10,000 funding community hall funding

Local Carlow community hall, The Spellman Hall in Kildavin, County Carlow has received huge funding through the community centre funding.

The Spellman Hall has received €10,000 worth of funding.

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On the funding Minister Humpries said:

"I introduced the Community Centre Investment Fund in 2022. My ambition was to develop a fund to support our local community centres in the same way that the Sports Capital Programme supports upgrade and improvement works at our local sports facilities.

“The new Fund has been a huge success with total funding of over €82 million now approved for almost 1,300 projects across the country.

“The Community Centre is open to everybody. It is at the heart of every community in Ireland, rural and urban."

“They are places for people to meet up locally and engage in a wide range of activities whether it’s meals for the elderly, fitness classes, indoor soccer, yoga or even providing a space for the local drama group to perform – the community centre is a home for everybody.

“This funding is about supporting local groups to carry out vital upgrade works as well as enhancing the services and amenities they can provide to persons of all ages in their community.”

The funding for The Spellman Hall will be used for "To fund an enhancement to the facility's catering and storage capabilities in order to support its high level of use."