We would like to inform you of a number of recent developments in our plan to build a replacement Tenants Hall. At present all clubs, groups and parties associated with the old hall have been re-located (see What's On list) to the Former Church Hall, Quarrywood Avenue, Glasgow, G21 3ES. Barmulloch Community Development Company became temporary lease holders and managers of the facility on the 18th March 2011. Thanks to the Church of Scotland, who originally wanted to dispose of the building on the property market, BCDC has been granted a “peppercorn” rate for the let to enable the company to be housed and build up a range of community activities for eventual transfer into the proposed new facility.

Barmulloch Tenants Hall, 54 Quarrywood Road, Glasgow, G21 3ET

This familiar and well loved hall had become unsuitable for modern safety and hygiene standards and would have required expensive refurbishment. Our original intention was to maintain the Hall as an unused facility just in case we could not get new build funding. The cost of insuring an empty hall would have been expensive, and we were delighted to exclusively lease the premises to the boxing club Rob Roy ABC. The hall is still managed by BCDC and owned by BTRA. We will keep you informed of any future changes.

Big Lottery Grant

We are currently in the process of applying for our Part One lottery application and whilst there can be no guaranteed success in grant applications – we are hopeful that building work on the Barmulloch Community Tenants Halls will commence in 2012. We recently completed a £74,000 Technical Assistance Lottery Grant that has enabled us to complete Architects Drawings, carry out site investigations and establish build costs of £1.4 million for a suite of halls and meeting rooms. Full Planning Consent has been received from Glasgow City Council.