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Cheyanna left us a lovely comment on 29/4/11

Richard left us a comment on 28/4/11 saying:

"I am writing about the new community building, I have seen this building getting built on a daily basis as I live close to the building, but I cant help to notice that the Baragill Hall is still lying left rotten and derelict. This building once was the heart of the community holding discos for the young and dances for the older people of wick then later becoming an auction house.

"I think It would be a great idea if the PPP bought this building and restored it to its former glory, it would also give you another large hall and various rooms.

"When I was younger my nana who lived in Baragill Street for many years used to tell me stories of the hall been used for dances etc and she thought it was a real shame it was closed down and left derelict and left to rot. If the hall was restored once again it can be used to hold more functions for example indoor football to keep the young people of the street, discos for the young, dances for the older citizens of Pultney and Wick, bingo for the older people, bric a brac sales, and other functions especially ones to keep the younger people off the street and creating a nuisance.

"It would also be a good idea if there was a service for people suffering from a mental illness, if they live in Pultney it gives them a network of fellow illness suffers that they can go and speak to and give information on how to cope with the illness and it also gives them just someone to speak to.

"The building is just lying there and getting destroyed by vandals, I am sure many people of Pultney would like to see this building to be used once again and to be the heart of the community once again along with the new community building."

In response, PPP CEO Katrina MacNab said:

"When we applied for funding we had to satisfy the funders that the building being proposed had the ability to provide a long term sustainable income. We are doing this by providing training facilities, a high quality cafe, a crèche, soft play area and office space. This will generate the income to allow us to continue to provide and develop our hobbies classes for over 50’s, youth facilities and hall space. All of the rooms had to be multi functional and able to adapt and a lot of consideration went into the design to ensure it can adapt to meet the needs of local people. At the time when we designed this, we were working with North Highland College who own the Barrogill Hall, and they intended to use this as a training facility that would complement our building and also use our cafe and classroom facilities. Unfortunately times have changed and due to budget constraints North Highland College have no plans at the moment for the hall. One of the reasons that we were attracted to our current site was because of the possibility of using the hall and they would complement each other. Although we have no funding or plans to use the Barrogill Hall at the moment, there may be future developments that could include the hall in the future.

"In terms of people with mental health issues – PPP have over 100 people per week attend hobbies group, training classes and drop in sessions held in our Murchison Street premises. We have people from all walks of life attend and everyone is welcome. Current classes include cooking and baking for older men, pensioners computer class, card making, sewing, hobbies and art classes, as well as drop in sessions where people can make a meal, get help with forms and chat to pals and learn new skills. We have a variety of people attend and the reason that they all attend is to have some fun, meet new friends, and learn some new skills. If a client group wanted a specific class for them, we would work with them to source funding to try and establish the sessions they would like, however they would be just as welcome to attend the sessions and slot in to any class that is going that they feel would be of interest to them."