Community centre bar closes over 'issues of profitability'

By Ben Fitzgerald - 13 October 2017

Community

Toothill Community Centre’s bar will be forced to close - after trustees agreed to cease their relationship with the Toothill Community Centre trading ltd.

Announcing the news, the charity said: “The Trustees of the Toothill Community Centre wish to announce that, with regret, due to our requirement to adhere to Charity Law that we have ceased our relationship with the Trading Company who currently manage the Community Centre Bar.”

Member for governance Jane Francis explained that the decision had not been undertaken lightly: “There were issues of profitability and it was with deep regret that we made this decision. We understand that there will be a lot of people who might not agree with this decision but we felt that we were left no choice in this case.”

“We are committed to ensuring that the community centre serves the whole of the community - there are roughly 4,500 people who use our facilities and we have to make sure that we are serving all of the people of Toothill.”

The community centre bar has been running since 2010 under the charity’s trading arm - Toothill Community Centre trading Ltd.

In their statement, the charity adds: “The community centre however remains fully open and very much open for business and we will be pushing forward with plans to have the centre refurbished next year and with onward with our exciting plans for its future.”

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