£1m boost for Embo hub plans
THE Embo Trust’s plans to build a community hub in the village have been boosted today by a £1 million award from the Big Lottery Fund.
They have been granted £999,999 to create the former Embo school into a hub that will house vital local services such as the village post office.
Welcoming their award, trust chairman, Jim McGillivray, said: “We are overwhelmed by this news. Trust directors have put so much work into this, with massive support from the whole local and extended community, and Highland Council, so this is a dream come true.
“The new facility will provide a base for our volunteer-run community shop and post office, a community café, modern toilet services and an all-purpose function hall. It will provide an essential centre to all village social and economic activity that has never been available before.”
