Work to bring a community centre back into use in L'Derry has started.

Refurbishment work is underway at the Tullyally Community Centre following a grant of £198,656 from the Department of Social Devleopment (DSD).

Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey MLA, visited the Tullyally Community Centre to view refurbishment works which will bring the Centre back into use.

He said: "The Centre will give residents the opportunity to benefit from a range of services such as youth projects, educational opportunities and health and well-being projects.

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"My Department has continually emphasised the importance of providing community facilities that are of a high quality and able to properly serve local people.

"My Department has been able to provide the funding necessary to bring this building out of a state of dereliction and into a condition that will allow it to be used for the benefit of the whole community. This project highlights my Department's continued commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal in Londonderry."

Julia Kee, community development worker for Tullyally, added: "Tullyally Community Partnership (TCP) are delighted at the investment in the Tullyally community through DSD.

"Tullyally Community Partnership are delighted with the support they have received from DSD, and would like to thank the staff of the North West Development Office for their support this last year, Derry City Council must also be commended for taking the responsibility of this much needed community facility on board.

"TCP are excited at the opportunities this new facility in the area will bring."

(CD/JP)