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Mickleover Community Pavilion is situated on Vicarage Park, which has a
football pitch a children's playground and a substantial grass area.
The Pavilion has a large community room which opens onto the playing field
and a full set of changing rooms for football matches. The rooms can be
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The Community Pavilion was built as one of the
results of the activities of Mickleover Action Group (MAG) which was
formed at the end of 1999 to address the youth oriented anti-social
behaviour that had existed in Mickleover for some time.
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The original cricket pavilion on Vicarage Park
had burnt down and there was little for young people to do in the area.
MAG was keen to reduce the incidents of crime, vandalism and disorder by
providing adequate facilities, both indoor and outdoor, to meet the
current needs and interests of local youth. The principal requirement for
a Community Pavilion on Vicarage Park was that it would provide suitable
activities to occupy the young people and reduce the likelihood of
anti-social behaviour.
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After a number of failed attempts to secure
funding, in 2004 the local authority agreed to provide a capital sum of £448,000
to build a community facility, together with comprehensive changing
rooms to enable youth football once again to be played on the park.
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The Mickleover
Community Pavilion Association (MCPA) was set up to take control of the
operation of the facility.
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| The new pavilion was opened in 2006 and youth
football teams are using the changing rooms. The community room is
occupied every week day evening for various youth related activities, and
most of the morning capacity is also taken up. However there is time
available during the afternoons for local groups who could use it on a
regular basis
For more information, please contact Linda Adams on 746571.
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