14/06/2005
£3m development revitalises Limavady
Limavady has received a much needed boost following the £3 million transformation of Roe Valley Hospital into a new community complex.
Amenities offered by the grade B+ listed former workhouse include day care for older people and people with disabilities, a playgroup, after school club, an employment and benefits advice centre and debt counselling service. The site also includes 3,800 square metres of office space and four new apartments for vulnerable people.
Opening the new centre, the Minister for Social Development, David Hanson said: “The Roe Valley Community Complex has already surpassed all expectations, stimulating the local economy and creating jobs in a disadvantaged area.
“This fine historic building has been refurbished with appropriate care and sensitivity. It also now employs 134 people and provides the Limavady Community Development Initiative (LCDI) with an annual income of £200k.”
International Fund for Ireland Chairman Denis Rooney added: "This is an excellent project which has restored a prominent listed building with a rich architectural and historical significance.
“It provides facilities for services which might well have gone elsewhere and provides jobs for local people while making a significant improvement to the environment. It is fitting that the building will continue, as it has done for more than 160 years, to serve the community in the Roe Valley."
A recent survey entitled the Townsend Index saw Limavady ranked as the 3rd most deprived district in Northern Ireland behind Strabane and Derry.
(MB)
Amenities offered by the grade B+ listed former workhouse include day care for older people and people with disabilities, a playgroup, after school club, an employment and benefits advice centre and debt counselling service. The site also includes 3,800 square metres of office space and four new apartments for vulnerable people.
Opening the new centre, the Minister for Social Development, David Hanson said: “The Roe Valley Community Complex has already surpassed all expectations, stimulating the local economy and creating jobs in a disadvantaged area.
“This fine historic building has been refurbished with appropriate care and sensitivity. It also now employs 134 people and provides the Limavady Community Development Initiative (LCDI) with an annual income of £200k.”
International Fund for Ireland Chairman Denis Rooney added: "This is an excellent project which has restored a prominent listed building with a rich architectural and historical significance.
“It provides facilities for services which might well have gone elsewhere and provides jobs for local people while making a significant improvement to the environment. It is fitting that the building will continue, as it has done for more than 160 years, to serve the community in the Roe Valley."
A recent survey entitled the Townsend Index saw Limavady ranked as the 3rd most deprived district in Northern Ireland behind Strabane and Derry.
(MB)
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