A FORMER cricket pavilion in Varteg has been given a new lease of life thanks to the volunteers.
The pavilion at Bakery Fields, which is the home of local football club Fairfield United, has had a makeover after housing organisation Bron Afon Community Housing was given permission by Torfaen council to refurbish its interior.
The building had been in a poor state of repair for many years until plasterers, painters and carpenters from Bron Afon set to work to improve it.
A new kitchen, toilets, water heaters and fuse box were installed, damaged pipe work was repaired, new flooring fitted and the outside canopy fixed.

Fairfield United’s chairman Andrew Price said: “The work is of a very high standard and we will enjoy using the new facilities, which will allow the club to grow and help us to keep close links with the community.”