After being run as a Test & Trace Centre for the past 2 years, the Parish Council has taken back Broadgreen Community Centre.
Situated between Broad Street and Manchester Road, on Salisbury Street, the community building has been run by the Parish Council since 2017 before closing during the first Covid lockdown and then going on to be repurposed as a NHS Covid-19 Test Site in 2020.
The community centre ceased to be a testing facility on March 30th, following a government announcement earlier this year that testing centres were to close, and has now been handed back to the Parish Council.
Before reopening the centre, the South Swindon Parish Council is interested to hear the views of the local community about what they would like to see at the community centre and have created a questionnaire for residents to complete with the results used to reshape the future of the community facility.
Central Ward Parish Councillor, Junab Ali, said: “Broadgreen Community Centre is in the heart of Central Swindon and has been a very valued facility in the past. The Parish Council has always recognised the vital role in the community for such a facility, saving it from closure in 2016 by using it as the Parish Council base, investing in staff and resolving dilapidation issues.
The community centre closed when Broadgreen became a crucial drop in testing point in the battle against Covid-19. We were only too ready to ensure we played our part in an area that was disproportionately affected by the first wave of the pandemic. Now the testing centre has been demobilised we will be looking to re-open Broadgreen Community Centre in the near future. But before we do that, we want to understand residents views on what they would like to see at the community centre.
All residents can take part in the consultation, but we are particularly interested in the views of residents living near to the centre. Please take time to complete the consultation.”
As well as the online survey Parish Councillors will be delivering hard copies of the survey to residents living near to the community centre.
