£1.7m secured from Community Ownership Fund to complete our building refurbishment
NEA is delighted to be one of 85 community owned venues across the UK receiving support from the Community Ownership Fund. Announced on the 23 December, £1.7m is earmarked for NEA to complete our build programme, kit out the venue, and refurbish our much-loved community garden.
Sitting at the heart of our community, the expanded and refurbished venue will run to over 2000m2, housing a 96 seat theatre, 72 seat café, welcome area, 2 wood workshops, 5 multi-purpose studios, 6 artist studios, music room, 4 offices, greenhouse, and the half-acre community garden. It will be bustling again in 2025 with a creative and community programme; shaped by the people who own, use, and love it.
Thank you!
Funders of all types, large and small, public and private, have supported the community’s vision and bought into NEA’s ambitious plans. Many individuals have supported our crowd-funder over the past year too.
The Board and NEA team are thankful to all our supporters, and thrilled that the Community Ownership Fund brings us to our capital target. We couldn’t have achieved this without the support of our local Councillors, MSPs, and our MP, Tracy Gilbert. But, mostly, we couldn’t have done this without the support of our neighbours, participants, and our community. Thank you all. We’ll see you in 2025 when we throw the doors open once again!
