Pride in Place Funding Allocation
08/07/2026 - Pride in Place Funding Allocation - Round 2
1, that the following project receives funding from the Pride in Place funding allocation:
Melville Community Hub
£50,000 Capital funding for the construction, installation, fit-out and making good of the Melville Community Hub structure, and;
2. that the funding award for the following project be amended:
Barton Recreation Ground
The previously agreed £35,000 be increased to £60,000 revenue for architectural design, surveys, and cost validation for plans to transform Barton Recreation Ground into a modern Community, Health, Wellbeing and Sports Hub, acting as the physical anchor for the Torbay cradle-to-career strategy across Torquay.
08/07/2026 - Pride in Place Funding Allocation – Round 1
That the following projects receive funding from the Torquay Pride in Place funding allocation:
St Mary Magdalene Church
£3,600 capital and £34,000 revenue to stop the Living Room from closing and continue operations twice weekly for the coming year. This funding was conditional and if they secured alternative funding to support homeless people, this funding would be returned. Torbay Communities and Torbay Council, where possible, to support to help identify a longer-term funding provision.
Royal Lyceum Theatre Revitalisation
£141,587 capital funding for roof repairs, preliminary repairs to front facade and completion of kitchen.
Ellacombe Community Multi-Use Facility
£60,000 capital to enable safe and controlled reopening of part of the building for restricted use.
Barton Recreation Ground Community Hub
£35,000 revenue for architectural design, surveys, and cost validation for plans to transform Barton Recreation Ground into a modern Community, Health, Wellbeing and Sports Hub, acting as the physical anchor for the Torbay cradle-to-career strategy across Torquay.
Higher Union Street Regeneration
£10,740 capital and £8,500 revenue to improve shop fronts and window displays in Torre, plus a new 6-month hub.
Windmill Centre and Windmill Hill
£21,000 revenue for a feasibility study into renovations and costed options for a new community hub. The hub would improve accessibility, enhance sustainability, increase engagement with the community and community capacity.
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