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Blocked drain, flood avoided
When the extension at OCC was built nearly 20 years ago, a hidden flat roof was used, with limited visibility / access… Whilst checking known issues shortly after heavy rain we noticed a problem (tip toes looking out of a Velux window!) – several centimetres of standing water on the flat roof, a patch of…
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We found a hole, we looked into it…
We had been aware of an earlier bodge that was failing – close to the pre-school main entrance, there is a recessed under floor vent, e.g. a hole in the ground. The hole had been covered by a sheet of ply wood, that itself had been covered by a rubber mat. The ply had rotted…
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Hall floor restoration
One of the more obvious tasks completed over the summer of 2024 was to restore the hall floor. The current floor was installed in August 2013, and was desperately in need of restoration – most of the surface finish had worn away, leaving the bare wood exposed to dirt & cleaning – washing the floor…
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Exciting News! The Oughtrington Community Centre Luncheon Club Returns!
We’re thrilled to announce the much-anticipated return of the Oughtrington Community Centre Luncheon Club after Easter! The Luncheon Club has been a cornerstone of our community for nearly four decades, providing social connection, and a space to combat loneliness for our elderly, vulnerable, and isolated residents in Lymm, Oughtrington & Heatley. We understand the importance…
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Hot topic
Back during the winter, we spotting a leak from one of the hot air blowers in our main hall – we were fortunate to have spotted it before water had even soaked into the the wooden floor. This highlighted a number of long term issues with the hall heating system, and parts of the pre-school…
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Casting light in an emergency
Over the past few weeks Tom and his team from Warrington based Specialist Lighting Services have been updating our Emergency Lighting – replacing faulty units and adding new ones where needed to bring the Community Centre fully up to date with Emergency Lighting regulations. Hirers, users and visitors to the community centre should notice new…
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Tiles, chimneys and THAT tree
We’ve had scaffold up at the front and rear of the Community Centre at the end of February 2024 & into March. We are replacing damaged & missing tiles on the roof (preventative measure – we are not aware of any leaks) and also removing the tree (yes, we had noticed!) and making two of…
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Conexus Tuition
English Maths & science tuition at OCC on Mondays, 15:30 to 17:30 in our main hall (entrance is to the rear of the building – up the driveway & left in though the glass doors). www.conexustuition.co.uk
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Heating controls in the ‘extension’
With the colder weather we’ve realised that the heating controls in the OCC extension (the lobby areas, toilets and meeting room) were really not happy – these controls were put in around 15 years ago and were becoming problematic. Spare parts were no longer available so we’ve updated the controls (the OCC extension has underfloor…
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Internet access at OCC
We’ve put in an OpenReach fibre broadband line at OCC for the use of our hirers and visitors. Free access is available (subject to our terms & conditions) via the occ-guest SSID, and we can share the password for occ-private if required (e.g. if you are connecting smart speakers to the wifi). We are still…