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A football changing room is being kitted out to be used as a community centre.

More than £30,000 is to be spent renovating part of the football facilities at Kirk Hallam’s Windsor Crescent park.

A section of the changing room block next to the play area will become a space for the wider community to use.

The funding for Erewash Borough Council to carry out the project follows calls from the Kirk Hallam Community Wellness Foundation for a new youth and community space in the area.

Councillor Josy Hare said: “With money being so tight for the council I pay tribute to our team for managing to find outside funding for this project.

“It means that the residents of Kirk Hallam are getting a crucial new space for the community to make use of.”

Richard Smith, senior grant manager at the FCC Communities Foundation, which is financing the scheme, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the conversion – and pleased our funding will make such a difference to so many groups of people.

“FCC Communities Foundation is looking forward to this project having a positive impact very soon.”

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