YMCA grant

A GRANT of £100,000 to Henley YMCA is set to be approved by the town council.

The money go towards the charity’s £300,000 appeal to buy the lease on its flats in Lawson Road, which are being sold off by YMCA England as it is exiting housing.

The council’s finance strategy and management committee agreed to award the grant but asked Mayor Julian Brookes, a trustee of Henley YMCA, to prepare a report on several legal aspects of the purchase before a full council meeting on February 14.