March Newsletter

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Newsletter: March 2017

This is our fifth newsletter to keep you up-to-date with the work of the Chamberlain Highbury Trust. If you have any questions or wish to get in touch, please contact Rachel on chamberlainhighburytrust@outlook.com

Heritage Lottery Fund bid

At the end of February, we met with the consultants who are working on the Round 1 bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund. Presentations were given by the architects, landscape architect, activity planner and interpretation designer. With all the consultants’ proposals costed up, we found ourselves with a £12 million project. We've asked consultants to do more work with a view to making significant cost savings. We also reluctantly concluded that an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund on the 16th March was unrealistic and that we would defer the application until June. The extra three months will give us the opportunity to strengthen our bid.

Stakeholder Open Event
Thank you to everyone who attended the drop-in session on the 22^nd February to review the initial proposals being put forward by the consultants. Your feedback was invaluable and comments are now being used to refine the draft proposals. The final proposals will be made available in May. Please click here to review the event report.

Hidden Histories Guided Walk
A Hidden Histories Guided Walk with Mary Ann Ochota and Alf Dimmock is taking place at Highbury on Sunday from 11.00am - 12.30pm.
Mary Ann is author of ‘Hidden Histories: a Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape’ and Alf Dimmock is a Senior Park Ranger at Highbury. Places on the walk cost £4.84 and must be booked in advanced by following this link.

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