'We want to provide a facility for almost anybody'

'We want to provide a facility for almost anybody'

'We want to provide a facility for almost anybody'. That's the message from two women who are hoping to keep Ballafesson Church Hall open for the local, and wider, community. Maureen Dadd and Pat Harper, from Friends of Ballafesson Community, have one year to make the hall viable otherwise it will be sold on the open market. Mrs Dadd and Mrs Harper say the group is looking to start a programme of events and is open to ideas from local groups. They add the chapel is closed and has issued a 'cease to meet' - but the hall is still in use. Currently the Friends of Ballafesson Community has organised coffee mornings and jumble sales - but is hoping to expand into hotpot nights, soup lunches and concerts with Manx bands. Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper has been speaking to Maureen and Pat:

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