What is Cottingley Cornerstone Centre?
Cottingley Cornerstone Centre is a unique scheme to set up a new centre for Cottingley, an outer urban estate in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Cottingley Cornerstone Centre is a charity set up by local people to develop new community facilities and homes and is a flagship for future community based regeneration initiatives.
The new centre, costing £4.5 million, will provide wide-ranging community facilities and emphasises the special needs of the elderly, young people and the desire for a renewed sense of community. The total project budget including 55 houses is £8.5m.
Over £4 million has been raised to date towards the centre, including more than £1 million from the government-backed programme Futurebuilders England, and further fundraising is continuing this. This is being done through a combination of local contributions and applications to charitable trusts and foundations. HRH The Prince of Wales, who is taking a keen interest in the development, has made a donation from his own private charity.
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