The good news is that Emsworth Community Centre is now open – apart from the damaged Assembly Rooms. This means that our meeting on 7th April can go ahead in the Mountford rooms as originally scheduled. However, parking on site is extremely limited and you are advised to park offsite. The nearest car park is Palmers Road car park (behind Tesco) and this is free after 6.00 pm.

Unfortunately, there was a fire at Emsworth Community Centre on the afternoon of 18th March. Thankfully,nobody was hurt although the building itself suffered damage.

It appears that the majority of the damage occurred to the roof of the Assembly Room and the rest of the building may have been spared. No one is able to enter the building until a full inspection has been carried out and it will be after that inspection that we will be told if we can use the Mountford Rooms for our next meeting on Monday 7th April. In the meantime we are considering other meeting venues so that we have a contingency should it be needed. As we know more we will provide updates, and emails will be sent to members.