🚧 Dolphins Recreation Centre – New Build Update 🐬✨ The fences are back, and it’s been fantastic to see so many of you taking the chance to stroll around the outside of the building and sneak a peek through the windows - we love your excitement as much as ours! We’re still in our 4-week period of running test events, helping us learn how the new space works and getting everything ready for a full-scale opening. The first test events have been a real success 🎉 although, as expected, they’ve highlighted a few areas where we need to make some tweaks before we can officially throw open the doors. We anticipate a short period being required to make these changes, after which we’ll be in a strong position to confirm a full opening date - so stay tuned, it’s getting closer! We’d also like to address some of the speculation: from the outset of the redevelopment project, space, which was co-designed with them, was allocated in the new build for TAYCT (the youth club). However, they have in recent months requested not to move into the new facility and are instead seeking an agreement to remain in the Dolphins Hall. We are currently reviewing how this would work and what it would mean for our other users, and we’ll keep you updated as soon as we know more. Thank you for your patience and excitement as we bring this new chapter for Dolphins Recreation Centre to life! (fb)

After well over seven years of hard work and many setbacks yesterday we reached a milestone in the new Community Hall project. The CDC building inspector has approved the Community Hall part of the building can begin opening to the public, and we can now allow people in. However, don’t get too excited. It is still going to take a few months to get fully up and running as we commission the building, run test events and adapt the booking systems etc but this is still a day to be celebrated. Up until now we have not been allowed to let people into the building as it was considered a building site. Now we have official approval, even though we are not finished, we thought people might want to come and look at what we have been trying to make happen. Tonight, Friday, we are having a small thank you event for our funders and contractors. But on Sunday, the 29th, from 11am to 2pm, the doors will be open for anyone who wants to pop in and look around. The fantastic news is by the end of the summer Tetbury will have an additional, modern, flexible community space that has not cost its residents a single penny. (fb)