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8th June 2011
LYME REGIS: New councillor questions status of £60,000 paid for the youth club
A COUNCILLOR has questioned why the £60,000 used to buy the former Club for Young People building has not yet been redistributed to local youth organisations.
Lyme Regis Development Trust bought the Church Street site, now The Hub youth club, from the Club for Young People Trustees in October last year, with the promise that the money would be redistributed in grants to youth organisations.
At the development trust’s annual general meeting, Councillor Chris Clipson asked where the money had gone.
Trust chief executive Marcus Dixon said: “That is a very difficult question to answer. We negotiated with the trustees and that was the transaction made, which we undertook in good faith. They understand their obligation as a charity to make that money available to local youth groups.
“On a personal level, I think it is unfortunate that the money hasn’t been put back into the refurbishment of The Hub.”
Mr Dixon spoke about how the townspeople of Lyme Regis had previously bought the building to be used as a Boys’ Club and added: “At least half of that money belongs to the town.”
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