Charles opens Centre for Creativity
Charles has strong links to Princetown – his Duchy of Cornwall estate owns much of the land in the area including Dartmoor Prison, which it rents to the Ministry of Justice.
The new centre, opened in April, provides access to IT services, a GP surgery, library, pre-school, exercise classes and a venue for community groups. The Centre for Creativity opened in March and has 14 artists' workshops, office space, a gallery, shop and teaching studio.
The Duchy provided land under long leases for the two centres – the Duke of Cornwall's Benevolent Fund gave £100,000 towards the village centre and the Duchy was among the funders of the Centre for Creativity.
Gregg Manning, from High Moorland Community Action, the charity behind the centre, said its building was the culmination of nearly 10 years of hard work. "It's an example of what can be achieved with determination and commitment by the community," he said.
Before unveiling the plaque, the Prince said: "I'm so pleased that at the end of the day, it's proved possible to build this new and most useful centre for the whole community." He met those behind the project, local dignitaries and schoolchildren in the hall.
Local youth worker Paul Dobbie, 43, said: "It's good to see him back here again – he was here around four years ago when all this was in the planning stage.
"We talked about the youth club – he said he was glad it was up and running and wondered whether it was affecting anti- social behaviour. I said certainly on Monday, Tuesday and Friday when it runs, the anti-social behaviour levels go down."
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