Construction works have started on Accrington Stanley Community Trust’s new £1m Stanley Sports Hub building extension.
The new extension includes an extended cafeteria area with views onto the 3G pitch. There will also be a large indoor activity space that can host up to 80 people. 3 additional classroom areas and multiple training and meeting rooms to cater for education, employability, health & wellbeing and local community groups. An outdoor seating area and a balcony will be created to provide fantastic elevated views onto the 3G pitch.
Martin Fearon, CEO of Accrington Stanley Community Trust said:
‘’The Stanley Sports Hub has been a roaring success, and after just 2 years of being open, we require additional space to meet the needs of our local community. Over 2000 people are using the facility each week, and the extension will allow us to educate more people through our college and degree qualifications, deliver employability and traineeships for people who are unemployed and offer local community groups a great venue to deliver their own projects.’’
Anne Ellwood, Chair of Trustees at Accrington Stanley Community Trust said:
‘’The building extension is going to provide additional space for us to deliver our community provision and further increase participation rates in the borough. Stanley Sports Hub is already used by thousands of people and we look forward to being able to provide further investment to expand the current facilities.’’
Construction works are due to be completed in March 2023 and will take the total investment by Accrington Stanley Community Trust on the Stanley Sports Hub facility to £3.5m.
Miles Parkinson, Leader of Hyndburn Borough Council was delighted to cut the ground for Accrington Stanley Community Trust’s new extension at Higham Playing Fields. Hyndburn Council will be contributing £250,000 towards this £1m extension and Miles said:
‘’It shows what can be done by working with organisations to provide first class facilities which in turn help to deliver better health outcomes for residents across Hyndburn, by becoming more active, which we all need to do.’’
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