Tideswell residents look forward to future as work underway on new community hall

After much fundraising and planning work by the Tideswell and District Voluntary Youth Club Committee, construction work started in September 2020.

The new building will offer a versatile space, not only for use by groups who previously occupied the hall like the scouts and band, but by all sorts of other members of the community of all ages.

It has been designed to be versatile enough for groups from youth clubs to the elderly and professionals looking for meeting space to hire.

And thanks to a grant from Tarmac’s Landfill Communities Fund, the building will be heated by a system that offers environmental efficiencies now and into the future.

Tarmac, which operates the nearby Tunstead site, gave a donation of more than £24,000 to cover the costs of an air source heat pump, underfloor heating installation and a hot water system.

Kath Longden, from the Youth Club Committee, said: “We are really excited to be able to equip the building with a low carbon heating and hot water system which, together with a high insulation specification, will allow us to heat the building efficiently with a low carbon footprint. Including the air source heat pump technology at the earliest stage in the building’s construction is the most efficient way of incorporating it and we are delighted about being awarded the grant to enable this to happen.”

Chris Bradbury, Tarmac’s Tunstead cement plant manager, added: “It is great to hear that this village is finally to get a community hall after the tragic fire which destroyed its predecessor.

"As a company that is continually developing its own sustainability, Tarmac is really pleased to have been able to fund such a forward-thinking element of the building.

"We look forward to celebrating its opening and to hearing about the value the hall brings to a wide variety of different groups.”