<p>Community Centres in Community Development</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 16 November 2016.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 2:07, 16 November 2016

I’m grateful for the very pertinent question the Member raises today. He’s absolutely right—we should not forget the historic value of some of these buildings, and also the sentimental value and respect that they represent. Of course, we have the programmes looking at a made-in-Wales approach to community asset transfer, but we are in a difficult period of austerity, and we are having challenges on budgets. We have to be very careful making sure that our investments are well targeted. The Penparcau example that the Member raises is great to see—that there are local residents making good use of that facility.