Give us back our centre

Councillors had been due to decide whether to sell-off Mirfield Community Centre or transfer it into the hands of local people – but the decision was deferred.

Mirfield Community Trust trustee Lisa Newby said: “We have been discussing with the council how the trust can take on the centre for about a year, and these new plans go against everything we have been working towards.

“They are trying to say that the building is no longer a viable community centre, but we know this is not true.

“We want to take on the site, even though the trust would have to pay for all the repairs ourselves as Kirklees has not been keeping up to it.”

The building has been without a working boiler since November and the roof is in need of repair.

A council report estimated the work would cost £173,000.