A CHESTER-BASED community centre has benefitted from a five-figure revamp.

The 125-year-old Campbell Community Hall in Boughton received a £27,300 grant from the FCC Communities Foundation for repair work to the hall roof and installation of a new disabled toilet.

The hall supports the local community by providing facilities for a number of local groups and organisations including City Church, Soul Kitchen, St Luke’s Homeless Drop In, Chester Fenix CIC, the Monday Club, Aisatsu Karate Club and the Monday Yoga class.

Outside of Campbell Hall showing the refurbished roof area.

Outside of Campbell Hall showing the refurbished roof area.

In particular, it provides support to the homeless, elderly and those who are marginalised in the local community.

The funding has provided improvements to the hall roof to increase water resistance and insulation and reduce energy consumption. It has also created a new disabled toilet that is in closer proximity to the main hall room.

John Leake, chairman of the Campbell Community Hall Management Committee, said: “This grant has made a huge difference to help us not just maintain but improve the facilities in the Campbell Community Hall.

"The hall is used extensively by local groups and provides a service to many people who live locally and across Chester as a whole.

"We are very grateful to the FCC Communities Foundation for their generous support to the work of the hall.”

Richard Smith, FCC Communities Foundation senior grant manager, added: “It’s wonderful to see something we have funded finally open and ready to make such a difference to community groups across Chester.

"FCC Communities Foundation is always happy to consider grant applications for projects that benefit local communities and this is a great example of what can be achieved.”

The Campbell Community Hall in Boughton Chester was established as a charitable trust in 1896, to serve the local community and that of Chester as a whole.

It was significantly refurbished in 1994/95 and since then has been used extensively by churches and groups working with families, children and youth, the homeless, the marginalised and people struggling with mental health issues.

FCC Communities Foundation is a not-for-profit business that awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects from funds donated by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

Since 1998, FCC Communities Foundation has granted over £200 million to more than 7,000 projects which benefit people living within 10 miles of a FCC Environment landfill site.