Awarded £50,000 from South Western Railway’s community funding

We are over the moon to receive this amazing grant from South Western Railway which will allow us to start work on the building fairly soon. The cafe will, hopefully, be up and running by the end of the year.

The grant was awarded to install a fully accessible café, including a kitchen, Changing Places toilet and information office complete with wheelchair hire facilities. This scheme is supported by SWR with a peppercorn rent and access to project management expertise.

Isle Access Chair, Alison Kinloch said:

“Isle Access is delighted to learn of the successful outcome of the bid to the CCIF for £50,000 towards the Ryde Esplanade project and deeply appreciative of the help and support given to us by the Community Rail Partnership.

The project aims to deliver a valuable community facility incorporating a fully accessible café and kitchen at this major transport hub for the Isle of Wight, together with an Accessibility Information hub and a community training/meeting room.”

Note:
The £50,000 grant is part of South Western Railway’s latest round of community funding, which sees more than £80,000 in total donated to Isle of Wight schemes.
More information here.