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Surrey Heath candidate fights to save local Royal British Legion Club

Matt Willey, Labour’s prospective candidate for Surrey Heath, has vowed to work to prevent The Legion Club in Victoria Avenue Camberley from being sold for development.

“Labour recently wrote to The Charity Commission questioning why the Legion Club’s organisation has been given a green light to sell the land on which the 70 year old club stands for demolition and development. It was pointed out to them that the objectives of The Legion place a priority on providing services for the community in which they exist. We failed to see how boarding it up and selling it to a developer meets this objective.

“It is with great disappointment that we received the Charity Commission’s reply saying The Legion Club organisation had the right to dispose of it for development in this way,” he continued.

“I have meet scores of people living in the St Michaels area who expressed alarm that The Legion Club, the only community and recreation facility in this part of West Camberley has been allowed to close down. They point out that this is despite the promises of Michael Gove and Tory councillors to keep it open.

“I was at the Legion on the last day it was open and will be assisting Jim Gardiner, an executive member of The Legion here, with his petition calling on The Legion Club organisation to reconsider the closure of this vital community amenity.”

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