Lochinver Mission - Open Day

 
The newly-completed Lochinver Mission is now fully operational and will be having its official opening on the 10th August with a day of entertainment.  For full details, take a look at the Mission's FaceBook page

Lochinver Mission Project

Possibly everyone knows, by now, the success of the Big Lottery/Village SOS application by the Lochinver Mission project.   What isn't always acknowledged is the phenomenal amount of voluntary effort which goes into this success.

The commitment and drive of the Mission team was awe-inspiring.  Preparing a bid to develop a potential eyesore into an income-generating community asset in relatively short-time is not easy, even if you can work at it on a full-time basis.  To achieve so much as a team of volunteers is amazing.


Gateway merely helped to put some figures together but working with this enterprise was particularly  rewarding because of the infectious enthusiasm it generated.  The project certainly deserves its £400k and I look forward to fish & chips in the new Mission when it opens in 2011.

   
You can get the full story from the  Lochinver Mission website.
(Celebratory Photos: Roger Glover)