Alderney's proposed leisure centre will be built as soon as £2 million has been raised.
More than £300,000 has already been pledged, while planning permission for the York Hill facility has been passed by members of the Building and Development Control Committee.
The 15,000sq ft facility will contain a multi-purpose sports hall, swimming pool, squash court, gymnasium, bowling alley, cafeteria and dance studio, as well as changing facilities and steam and sauna rooms.
At a public open day on Wednesday members of Alderney Community Sports and Health Charitable Trust unveiled detailed plans and explained how the centre will be run.
Speaking at the Island Hall event, trustee David Stanley said: "Today's about giving the people of Alderney a chance to see what the plans are. It is also an opportunity for people to let us know what their views are and give them the opportunity to ask questions."
Mr Stanley said it was important the public was kept informed while the funding is ongoing.
"We need to complete our fundraising activities, but see this as an important step. We've been in limbo for the last 18 months due to the global financial crisis but we think the time is right to move forward again."
Mr Stanley outlined the current financial position.
"About £2m needs to be raised. We've got £300,000 in cash and pledges, which is a good start. We will be approaching individuals and organisations in the coming weeks and months.
"Our plan is to build the centre as soon as possible. The idea is to have everything in place so we're ready to go the moment the money is raised."
An agreement with UK-based health club operators Bladerunner means the facility will be operated independently of the Trust once it is built.
Trustee Paul Clark explained the business arrangement.
He said: "Bladerunner operates 90 facilities throughout the UK. They have been to Alderney to assess the community and look at the demographics.
"Once the centre is built Bladerunner will run it. Any profit over a certain amount will be split between Bladerunner and the Trust."
Mr Stanley added: "There are excellent examples of how this can work in a small community. Up in the Shetland Islands a leisure centre has been a resounding success and we see no reason why one couldn't be a success here."
Anyone interested in contributing to the leisure centre fund should email AlderneyCSC@cwgsy.net
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
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Tue 21st July 2026 Free entry, retiring collection for ABO. Pete Ellis escaped office life in 2000 to take up a life in the outdoors. Soon becoming an International Mountain Leader, he led trekking holidays in the UK, Europe and further afield for the next 20 years. During this time, he also indulged his passion for climbing mountains, which included, in 2012, Mount Everest. This completed the Seven Continental Summits (the highest points of all seven continents), an achievement accomplished by a select group of about 400 people.
This talk is about the final, Everest, stage of The Seven Summits. The climb was from the north, through Tibet, the route originally visited by Mallory and Irvine in the 1920s. It will be a personal tale of the trip, illustrated with many photographs.
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The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 