GROUND has officially been broken at the site of the new Cardenden Scout Hall. 

It comes after their previous hall burned down around five years ago, prompting them to begin fundraising for a new dedicated space. 

The group raised an incredible £300,000 to fund the new hall, with the children themselves raising £25,000.

The new facility will be based behind St Ninians Primary School, which will be able to be used for meetings and keep-fit activities. 

The hall will also be available to rent out for parties and events, and work on the site started yesterday (Thursday).

Graham Gilbert, trustee of the 4th Fife Scout Board, previously told the Times: "We’ve kept it going but without our own scout hall - it wasn’t just who used the scout hall, there was quite a lot of folk who used it and it was really a community asset.

"We canvased various different organisations to ask, if we had a new hall, would you use it and that’s how this whole thing got started."

In addition to help from the community and local businesses, the Fife Environmental Trust also gifted them £36,000 towards the hall.

They hope that work will be completed by September and that the entire community will make use of the facility. 

Anyone interested in renting out the hall on completion, the minibus, or anyone who would like to volunteer as an adult leader, should contact Graham on 01383 306647.