“A treasure trove of West Bay stories and information and a base for exploration and adventure”… Have you got what it takes to breathe life into our vision for the brand new West Bay Discovery Centre? We’re looking for a well-organised, creative and enthusiastic person to join us to run Read more…
The building work on the West Bay Discovery Centre is progressing well and the plan to complete the building work by June is still on course. The latest images taken last week show lots of scaffolding still in place. Once this has been removed the committee will at long last Read more…
Behind the scenes plans have been gathering momentum to restore West Bay’s former Methodist Church and transform it to become the West Bay Discovery Centre. We are pleased to announce that after a formal tender process, R & C Building Conservation of Shaftesbury have been appointed as the contractor to Read more…
If you have been recently enjoying the sea air, fish and chips or ice-creams down at West Bay you may have noticed that things are happening at West Bay Discovery Centre. We have started some preliminary building work in order to prepare the interior of the building for refurbishment. Read more…
One of the many aims of the Discovery Centre will be to tell the stories of past events and stories of West Bay. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of Exercise Yukon which took place in West Bay in 1942. In 1942 there were plans to launch an attack on Read more…
We’ve heard today the exciting news that our bid for funding from the Coastal Communities Lottery Fund has been successful. We’ve been awarded the funds we bid for, to restore the Chapel and adapt it into a Discovery Centre that will tell the story of West Bay, its harbour and Read more…
It’s been a while since our last update due to a huge amount of time being spent at the latter end of the year completing and revising our plan for the Coastal Community Fund bid that went in at the end of December. After that a break from the computer Read more…
We were delighted to hear this week that our bid for the funds for the Coastal Communities (Big Lottery) has passed Stage one. All the bids that have now gone through to Stage two will require a more detailed application. So we’re expecting a lot of hard work over the next Read more…
Over the last few months the steering group have been busy in producing a business case and a development bid and not least, creating a vision for the Centre. We want to create a modern and welcoming space that also captures the essence of the historic and atmospheric community building. Read more…