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    Sept 2022

    Last Updated: 08/09/2022
    Community
    Community

    Harrogate Working Men's Club set for major refurbishment and new name

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 08 Sept, 2022
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    The WMC has been a part of the High Harrogate community since 1889 and has recently secured a loan from Co-operative & Community Finance to help secure its future.

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    High Harrogate Working Men's Club on Devonshire Place is set to get a major refurbishment as well as a new name.

    The WMC has been a part of the High Harrogate community since 1889 and it recently secured a loan from Co-operative & Community Finance to help secure its future.

    The refurbishment will involve converting and extending the first and second floors to form six apartments.

    The ground floor, first floor and the building's exterior will be fully renovated.

    The newly named High Harrogate Bar and Lounge will be able to space for judo, pilates and meditation classes as well as other indoor sports.

    A modernised function room will also be available for events, parties and live music to help bring in extra revenue for the club.

    A new website is also being created to help broaden the club's appeal.



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    Plans for the renovation have been popular with locals. At the club's last AGM around 80 members attended and unanimously expressed their support for the proposals.

    Kevin Lloyd-Evans, lending and relationship manager at Co-operative & Community Finance said:

    “We are delighted to be lending again to a Working Men’s Club. Being able to respond to access to finance challenges is paramount to our work. We support membership organisations which are democratically controlled and collectively owned. This is a brilliant start as we now look to support other Working Men’s Clubs across the country.”