Niall Macfarlane News Today

Hurst Green Memorial Hall THE people of Hurst Green are celebrating the final piece in the financial jigsaw which will, at last, solve the heating problem in their village hall – and enhance their green credentials. The Big Lottery Fund has confirmed it will donate £81,500 to provide ground source heating for The Memorial Hall on Avenue Road. With close on £56,000 being raised with cash from local fund-raising functions and pledged by other grant funders work is now under way. The h...

A mammoth fundraising effort has paid off for the determined residents of one Lancashire village. They are celebrating gaining a Big Lottery grant of £81,500 which will help finance a much needed village hall heating upgrade project, which will also be good for the environment. In the near future Hurst Green village hall, near Longridge, will be warmed through a modern eco friendly ground source heat pump system. Those who have spearheaded the drive to transform Hurst Green memorial hall cele...