Grant win

A community building will benefit from a grant of more than £1m following a successful bid to the Big Lottery Fund - . Grange Pavilion, a joint partnership between Cardiff University's Community Gateway, Grange Pavilion Project, and Grangetown Community Action, has received £1,072,692 to refurbish and extend the current building in Grange Gardens. The result will be a multi-functional community facility that will provide opportunities for education, training, health promotion and enterprise development, with a café, office and meeting spaces. There are also plans to improve the existing grounds to create an accessible green space and an orchard and pollinator garden. Lynne Thomas, Project Manager for Community Gateway, one of Cardiff University's flagship engagement projects, said: "We are delighted to have received this grant, which is the culmination of much hard work from everyone involved. The funding will be used to further develop Grange Pavilion into a high quality, dynamic venue that can be used by people of all ages. "The plans for the pavilion have been developed with IBI Group and Dan Benham Architect, following five years of consultations by students at the Welsh School of Architecture in collaboration with community members.