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Mar 2022
Harrogate Islamic Association has said it is confident of raising enough money to buy the former Home Guard Club and convert it into the town's first mosque.
A price of £500,000 was agreed to buy the building, which is on the corner of Tower Street and Belford Road, before the association obtained planning permission.
The current owner set a deadline of Monday next week to complete the sale.
The group already has several hundred thousand pounds set aside to buy the building but does not yet have enough to pay the full asking price.
After planning permission was granted last month by Harrogate Borough Council, the association launched a crowdfunding campaign to help raise the extra money needed to buy the building as well as for much-needed repairs, setting a target of £200,000.
With days to go until the owner's deadline, the crowdfunder is currently on just £18,000.
However, Zahed Amanullah, a member of the association, said there was no risk the deal could fall through because it had loans in place to cover any shortfall.
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