Artist's impressions of Cadbury Heath's new £2m community centre unveiled
The first images have been unveiled of Cadbury Heath’s new £2m community and youth centre.
The new building – which is designed to replace the ageing youth centre opposite the Old Pavilion – will have separate entrances for the community and local youngsters.
Residents have attended a series of local consultation events to discuss the plans and have until March 15 to give their views on the potential design.
A total of £6m of capital funding became available after South Gloucestershire Council decided to work with an external partner to build and run two new care homes, rather than building and running them itself.
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The money saved is now being shared between this new community building, home disability adaptations and broadband improvements.
Local councillor for the Parkwall ward, Nick Barrett, who has led the project with fellow Tory councillor Tony Olpin, said: “We have been campaigning for improved facilities on behalf of the community for a number of years now and we would encourage local people to give their views on the potential design of this flagship new building, which will serve the community and local young people for years to come.
“Both the existing youth centre and the adjacent Old Pavilion have done great service to the community over many years, but both buildings are now in real need of major investment.
“The Council’s property officers are advising that it’s better value for money to build something new, than try to refurbish the existing buildings.
“We are keen to see that these new facilities are just part of the legacy that this investment leaves behind.
“So we want to see the successful building contractor recruit local unemployed 18-24 year olds currently claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, equip them with the necessary skills and help them to play a part in constructing this exciting new building. This would help them to access employment opportunities and obtain the transferable skills that they will have for the rest of their lives.”
He added: “There is real chance here to ensure that this investment leaves behind more than just a flagship new facility, but also a generation of skilled local young people with a real stake in their local community – something they can look back on with immense pride for years to come.”
The planning application is expected to be submitted this summer with building work starting by the end of the year.
4 Comments
by bristolreded
Sunday, March 03 2013, 1:15PM
“That's an ugly building.”
by Gazzabristol
Saturday, March 02 2013, 9:56PM
“Who was EU bashing?
EU law is EU law whether you support the EU or not.
How exactly does my questioning of whether they are attempting to break EU laws make me an "EU basher"?!
If someone is about to rob a bank and I question whether they are about to break UK law does that make a UK basher? What planet are you living on?
Also who said that the unemployed 18 - 24 year old's claiming job seekers allowance are not EU immigrants? EU immigrants can claim JSA after a qualifying period. Last I heard there were something like 400,000 immigrants claiming JSA. The website that you linked states that: "Anyone living in England, over 16 years-old and not in full-time education can be an apprentice."
The point I contested was the "local" element of it which I'd put to you has a specific meaning in the minds of the majority of readers.
Can they discriminate against a 22 year old Polish person who is claiming JSA? I am not going into the rights or wrongs of it but I believe that the average person reading that story would not have had a 22 year old Polish worker in mind when they read that statement.
I see parallels with Gordon Browns famous "British jobs for British workers" speech and I called that out as being illegal at the time.
So what exactly are you suggesting they can get away with here? Can they deny those jobs to someone from Downend? Or further afield like Swindon? Or Manchester? Or Scotland? Or Poland?
Instead of coming on here pulling typical web forum garbage ("attacking a straw man"), why don't you simply educate us as to the law?
I am not a lawyer. I do NOT know the answers. I suspect that it is illegal but please educate me given that you clearly know so much about it. I am sure the other readers will be interested too.
The floor is yours.....”
by Veggie
Saturday, March 02 2013, 8:37PM
“"Yeah good luck getting that past EU laws.
D'uh?! That's pretty random, even by normal EU-bashing standards.
FYI, they'd probably recruit them here http://tinyurl.com/nzaexc”
by Gazzabristol
Saturday, March 02 2013, 5:03PM
“"So we want to see the successful building contractor recruit local unemployed 18-24 year olds currently claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, equip them with the necessary skills and help them to play a part in constructing this exciting new building. This would help them to access employment opportunities and obtain the transferable skills that they will have for the rest of their lives."
Yeah good luck getting that past EU laws.”