A MUCH-LOVED Clydebank community centre and library is set to be saved from closure after a well-known local group stepped in to take over the lease.
The board at the Antonine Sports Centre in Duntocher will pick up the running of the Glenhead Community Centre and the public library within it.
The new agreement will go before the council’s IRED committee on November 1 and Provost Douglas McAllister – who has been involved with negotiating the welcome new agreement – insisted this was a good thing for the area amid a tough financial landscape.“I see this as great news for Duntocher and for the community of Duntocher.
“To pre-empt that, I was determined not to let that happen, I didn’t want to lose the Glenhead Centre, and therefore I entered into very early talks with Kevin Carlin and with the board of trustees at the Antonine. The Antonine Sports Centre – which is a not-for-profit charity organisation which has been running since November 1980 – say the plan is to create 10 full-time jobs when the new community nursery is up and running and at full capacity.The new health café would open seven days, providing catering to the nursery and the indoor activity play centre, and focus on providing healthy
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