Public to see £2.8m community hub plans

LETHAM residents will get a glimpse of plans for a new £2.8 million community hub in Perth.

The community has been working closely with Perth and Kinross Council and its partners over the innovative proposal for the regeneration of Letham Recreation Centre on Tweedsmuir Road and design sketches will go on show this month.

The hub will house a range of services, including childcare provision, NHS dropin clinics, health and social care, adult learning, bereavement care, therapies, parenting services, IT training and Perth and Kinross Credit Union.

It will also have meeting rooms for community events, a gym space and a three-court sports hall.

After failing to secure top-up funding from the Scottish Government’s regeneration fund, Perth and Kinross Council will provide the necessary £2.85m to complete the project.

A design team has been appointed to generate ideas for how the centre will look and initial sketches will be displayed during a series of feedback-generating workshops in the coming weeks.

A council spokesman said: “The design sketches will be on display in the reception area of the Letham Recreation Centre. There will also be a number of drop-in sessions for the community to give feedback.

“These will be held i n the minicommunity hub based in the building.

“A full community consultation on the final plans will be held throughout June and July, with dates being announced in the near future.”

Maggie Brown, who chairs the Letham Community Hub group, said: “I hope as many local people as possible will come in and see the design sketches for the new community hub, and tell us what they think. We want the building to reflect what the people of Letham want and need.”