Llangollen Museum to receive share of £400k Community Ownership Fund

Llangollen Museum is to receive a share of more than £400,000 to help ensure that the public can enjoy the facility for years to come.

The museum has been awarded £146,580 from Round 3 Window 2 of the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund.

To date, Wales has received £4.2 million for 19 projects, including a pub frequented by Dylan Thomas.

The pub, in the village of Ystrad Aeron in Ceridigion, won a £300,000 grant in September this year.

In Llangollen the funding will be used on essential renovations to help to make the museum available for future generations to enjoy.

Once completed, the building will reopen as a museum and art gallery offering a range of educational programmes for schools and educational institutions.

The Sun Inn community pub, supported by the community Ownership Fund development support provider, will also receive £292,000 to purchase and renovate the Sun Inn in Eryrys, near Mold to create a social hub for the village that complements the neighbouring Dewi Sant Community Centre.

UK Government minister for Levelling Up Jacob Young said: “We’ve had brilliant bids from every corner of the UK and I’m delighted we’re supporting an extra 72 projects with almost £25 million of levelling up funding going directly to community groups.

“We know this funding has the power to bring about meaningful change to local people; protecting local spaces, preserving historic buildings, and transforming communities.”

Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said: “Congratulations to the Sun Inn, and the Llangollen Museum which are both receiving funding from the UK Government to safeguard them for the future.

“We recognise how important it is for communities to give the places that are important to them a new lease of life.

“These projects mean that local people will have somewhere to socialise and amenities that bring them together.”

The Community Ownership Fund is a £150 million fund over 4 years to support community groups across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets which are at risk of being lost to the community.