Funding has been secured to create a new community centre in Glasgow.

At a meeting on Thursday, 27 October, councillors agreed to provide £180,000 towards building the facility beside the B-listed St Margaret's Church in the Oatlands area.

In addition, developer Avant Homes will provide £500,000 towards the scheme, which forms part of the Oatlands Regeneration Agreement. The remainder of this ring-fenced sum will be used as match funding towards a future, larger, facility to be delivered once the regeneration of Oatlands is complete.

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The facility will serve a community which has seen over 700 new homes built in recent years, with this total set to rise to around 1,400 by 2022.

Cllr George Redmond said: "The people of Oatlands will soon have new facility which will meet the needs of the neighbourhood as it grows and develops. Once the regeneration of the area is complete, the local community can look forward to a larger centre which will play a key role in the life of Oatlands."

(LM)