PLANS are gathering pace surrounding a major community initiative in Denbighshire, a year after proposals were initially discussed.

Last spring, plans to revive the Llandyrnog village shop and Post Office - and introduce a community hub - were mooted and later this month, the launch of a community shares initiative will be taking place.

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This will take place on April 27 and it will be launched via a public meeting at Llandyrnog Village Hall (7pm).

There has been a shop in the village since 1841 and it has served the community in its current location since 1982 until it closed in 2020.

Llandyrnog community shop director Emyr Morris said: "We have been working on it for some time.

"There's a Community Share Standard which we ideally need to reach.

"I was keen to get that accreditation.

"It was decided that May looks very, very busy with everything going on, so we thought let's crack on."

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The price will be £25 per share.

This has been set to allow as many people from the community to participate.

"I would rather have more shareholders than price people out," added Mr Morris.

"It's one holding and one vote.

"The maximum holding will be 10,000.

"We are looking to raise a minimum of £30,000 and the maximum we have set is £70,000."

Any additonal funds raised will go towards the cost of carrying out work on the building, such as work to replace the roof and roof insulation.

"What I want to do is future-proof the building."

And what a year it has been for the initiative, with Mr Morris adding: "It will be exactly 11 months since we had the first meeting."

Since then, the wheels have been turning on the village initiative.

Over the winter, Welsh Secretary David TC Davies MP paid a visit to the site.

This came in light of the initiative being awarded £200,000 from the UK Government’s Community Ownership Fund.

At the shop, Mr Davies heard from some of the campaigners about their plans.

During his visit, the Welsh Secretary said: “I was delighted to meet Emyr and all the of the residents of Llandyrnog who have worked so hard on behalf of the village to get this project off the ground.

"It’s great to see UK Government money being spent on such a worthwhile scheme that will be of real benefit to so many people.

“The Community Ownership Fund helps support services that are at risk of being lost forever and gives them a new lease of life. This not only brings people together, as has happened here in Llandyrnog, but creates opportunities for local people and boosts the local economy.”