The club has been awarded the money from the Waste Recycling Group Challenge Fund which allocates funds raised from landfill taxes at various sites across the UK - including the Oatslie landfill site, near Penicuik.
The cash will be used to completely refurbish the Bayne Memorial Hall - which is home to the Loanhead Miners Youth Football Club.
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Bayne Memorial Hall is leased by Midlothian Council to the club and Councillor Russell Imrie, Midlothian Council cabinet member for strategic services, said: "We're already working with the club on their development plans and the cash will be used to completely refurbish the interior of Bayne Memorial Hall - which will remain in council ownership - into a multi-functional sports facility, which will be the first in the area with an indoor 5-a-side hall for use by the club and other local community groups and sports clubs.
"Nobody likes paying taxes - whether they are private householders or business. But the £250,000 grant is truly a landfill tax windfall for Loanhead Miners YFC which we can all warmly welcome today."
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