FUTURE OF HEADLANDS ICONIC HOTEL BUILDING MEETING HELD

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Action for Children has hosted an open meeting at Headlands School on the future of the iconic hotel building on Wednesday 24^th July.  Around 30 representatives from heritage groups, boards, local authorities and politicians, including Alun Michael, and other interested stakeholders attended the meeting putting forward ideas and a fresh perspective on how a sustainable future can be found for the building.

Headlands Hotel is a historic grade 2 listed building in need of urgent repair. Action for 
Children has had a project team working on this for many years and have struggled to obtain 
the necessary resources to re-establish this building for Headlands School.  The intention is for the building to remain as a resource for the school and local community.

National director for Action for Children in Wales, Julie Gillbanks, said: ‘It was great to bring experts, people of influence and community leaders together to discuss the future of the Headlands Hotel building.  We are very keen to explore all new ideas and contributions to restore this prestigious Penarth landmark.  

‘We have completed substantial exploratory work, including the achievement of planning permission, and have been in conversation with various funding bodies without success.  This historic building is in a serious state of disrepair, and we urgently need to secure funding to ensure the safety and future of this building for the school and the people of Penarth.’

Headlands School Principal, Matt Burns, added: ‘The Headlands Hotel building has been an important part of our history but in its current state represents a significant challenge to the operation of the school.  Decisions need to be made on a way forward for the hotel and we look forward to meeting experts in the field to scope what options are available to us.’ 

A buffet lunch will be available at the meeting and for more information, please email us on Headlands.Hotel@actionforchildren.org.uk