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Refurbishment of Harpenden House
Harpenden House Lounge Refurbishment
For some time, Nottingham Mencap has been working to modernise and improve areas of their Centre premises at Harpenden House and on Tuesday 17th November President Douglas Downing formally opened the newly refurbished lounge. Douglas had identified this as one of his charities at the beginning of his Presidential year and only four months later the Vale of Belvoir Rotary Club
had raised sufficient funds to provide new furniture and carpet the whole area. The project has cost several thousand pounds and the money was raised by the Club at fundraising events, including a charity race night and the recently held Marks and Spencer Fashion Show evening.
The Centre is used by people with Learning Disabilities for Training, Carers’ meetings and Social activities drawn from a wide area including Nottingham, Rushcliffe, Broxtowe and Gedling. Seating for 22 people has been provided with a mix of modern, comfortable lounge chairs and settees, chosen with advice from Mencap and users of Harpenden House. There was considerable excitement as Douglas announced that the lounge was ready for opening and it would be no exaggeration to say that the applause was almost deafening. Many of the club members happily gave up dancing or a game of pool to enjoy the comfort of the lounge and Rotarians were pleased to see so many smiling faces. This project has indeed been well received & no one would doubt that this was money well spent.
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