The people who attended the Big Lottery drop-in on 9th June would spend it mainly on supporting young people. Priorities are a new Community Centre for all ages and improved formal and informal places for Sport and Play.
Many residents mentioned the possibility of upgrading Cavendish Park and making it more of a community facility for people on Barrow Island.
The results strongly mirrored the recent Streetsafe carried out on the Island in May.
All the information collected in the Drop in and Streetsafe will be presented to a meeting on 7th July.
County Council officer Derek Brook is hopeful that a group of residents will come forward to help to take the lead on proposed projects.
“We have over 30 people who have expressed an interest in working with us on the Big Lottery Big Local Trust project. But we are happy to have more. With £1 million we can really make a difference but it will involve hard work. It’s really important that the process is led by the community and not people like me – we are here to offer advice and to help.”
The first meeting of the Big Lottery Residents group will be at Dundalk Street on Thursday 7 July at 6.30pm. Anyone wanting to attend should contact Derek Brook on 407312 or sign up on the Facebook page Barrow Island Big Local Trust.
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