A transformative project at the Melvin Recreational and Resource Complex in Garrison, County Fermanagh, has successfully been completed.

The project, which was delivered under the Covid Recovery Small Settlement Regeneration Programme, saw the Complex's bedrooms and dormitory rooms enhanced into multi-purpose community rooms, courtesy of an investment of £125,000 with additional funding from the community of nearly £70,000.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is committed to ensuring that the district is welcoming and the economy is thriving, expanding and outward looking.

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The regeneration of small villages is vitally important and through this programme of investment, will ensure that our rural communities can contribute to build a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient local economy.

Councillor John McClaughry, Chair of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, said: "I am delighted that the council, through the Covid Recovery Small Settlement Regeneration Programme, has been able to provide funding to improve villages across the district.

"This project has created an inclusive community space which will create a stronger, connected community and help to encourage increased social interaction, reducing the impact of social isolation."

Projects totalling £2.5million are being delivered across 14 villages throughout the district.

The Covid Recovery Small Settlement Regeneration Programme is funded by the Council in partnership with the Department for Communities, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Department for Infrastructure, and aims to deliver projects which result in positive, visual impacts and assist small settlements to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.