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Work begins on The Link Thamesmead
Trust Thamesmead has announced that work has begun on The Link Thamesmead, the £5.65m community facility in South Thamesmead, London.
The centre, which will offer a range of leisure and training opportunities for the local community, is due to open later this year.
Tenants at the centre so far include Thamesmead Gym; The Archway Project; The Cave and the YMCA Sailing Club; Theatre Street School of Performing Arts; and the Thamesmead Youth Awareness Project.
Architectural practice Saville Jones, which is also working with Trust Thamesmead on the development of the £4.6m Sporting Club Thamesmead project, is overseeing construction.
The majority of the funding, around £5m, has come through the government's myplace grant funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and administered by the Big Fund (BIG), the non-Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund.
The Link Thamesmead is being built by Grehan Contractors and will be operated and managed by Trust Thamesmead.