EVENT: Brackley Town Hall consultation 9th – 24th March, Brackley Town Hall, The Hub and Brackley Library
Are you interested in photography and would like to learn about time lapse? Would you like to dance as the Georgians did? Learn how to maintain your house? Develop an element of the design for the Town Hall? If you would like to know more, pop along and have a look at the display at the Town Hall, The Hub or Brackley Library from Monday 9th March to Tuesday 24th March.
Brackley Town Council and the project team are currently developing the round two Heritage Lottery Fund bid for submission in the spring of this year. As part of the bid, an Activity Plan is being developed which is a requirement of all Heritage Lottery projects. An Activity Plan is a programme of projects that are specifically designed to engage and educate a wide variety of people about heritage and in turn, hopefully ensure that the heritage is better understood and protected in the future. An Activity Plan complements the physical work being undertaken and helps to ensure the legacy of HLF investment goes beyond stand alone buildings. It should include a range of opportunities for local people and local businesses to get involved in heritage through education, training and leisure activities.
The proposed Activity Plan for the Brackley Town Hall project is being developed with local groups, such as South Northamptonshire Volunteer Bureau and Northamptonshire Association of Youth Councils. The projects that are being developed are very varied and include courses for local builders and students on the use of traditional building skills, photography courses for the local community and researching the history of the High Street.
If any of these are of interest or you would just like to know more, pop along and have a look at the display at the Town Hall, The Hub or Brackley Library from Monday 9th March to Tuesday 24th March or visit the below website or facebook page to find out more.
This public consultation forms part of the development work currently being undertaken in order to submit a second round funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for £2.3m during 2015.
There are a number of ways in which the community can learn more about the project as follows:
You can keep up to date with progress by signing up to the project e-newsletter (http://inghampinnock.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e67096e39894b4813913a916&id=9ae3ad2eda)
You can visit the project website (http://brackleyregeneration.wordpress.com/), facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BrackleyTownHallRestoration) or follow the twitter account (@bracktownhall).
June 2014 – spring 2015: Developing round two application
Spring 2015: Round two application submitted
Spring – summer 2015: HLF review round two submissions
Summer 2015: Final decision made by HLF on whether to award the funding
Winter 2015 – 2018 (approximate): Project delivered.
Projects within the initial Activity Plan submitted as part of the round one application are varied and funding will be made available from the HLF to deliver them during 2015 onwards