APPENDIX 1
A SELECTION OF CASE STUDIES IN URBAN REGENERATION
ADAMS BUILDING,
NOTTINGHAM—REFURBISHMENT
This project involved the restoration of the
Grade II* listed former lace building in Nottingham which had
deteriorated due to lack of investment. The Lace Market Heritage
Trust was awarded a grant of £7,750,000 to acquire, repair
and restore the exterior of the building, for its educational
use as the Higher Education College city centre campus. The project
has brought 500 hundred students into a derelict area, which in
turn will bring regeneration as there will now be demand for further
facilities in the area.
ST JOHN
THE BAPTIST
CHURCH, HOXTON
£816,730 awarded under JPOW for restoration
of the Grade II* listed St John The Baptist Church in Hoxton.
A programme of repairs will secure the viability of this building
for the foreseeable future, and new facilities in the crypt will
attract alternative users to the building and provide a valuable
source of revenue income.
MUSEUMS QUARTER,
HULL
£3,500,000 was awarded to Kingston Upon
Hull City Council to complete a phased development of three existing
museums sited close together: Streetlife, Hull's Museum of Transport;
Hull and East Riding Museum; and Wilberforce House. The project
also involved the construction of a link between the three adjacent
museums. The project is aimed at regenerating the Old Town Conservation
Area of the city as a "museum quarter" as well as securing
the future of the collections themselves.
NIGERIAN COMMUNITY
CENTRE, LIVERPOOL
£90,000 was awarded to the Nigerian Community
Association in Merseyside for the Restoration of a Grade II listed
building used and to enable a range of community facilities and
activities to take place. The overall project involves repair
of the building's fabric, interior refurbishment, and provision
of equipment for administrative/community use.
CHATTERLEY WHITFIELD
REGENERATION PROJECT
A revenue grant of £463,500 to Stoke on
Trent City Council for staff to service the Chatterley Whitfield
Partnership, which aims to use the scheduled former colliery as
a heritage based regeneration resource. With partners, including
English Heritage, Stoke Council will formulate a strategy for
the rehabilitation and conservation of this nationally important
industrial site. Chatterley Whitfield closed as a colliery in
January 1976, after over 130 years of coal extraction. The site
will now be utilised through a mix of businesses, tourism, and
training. The heritage aims of the project are to secure the long-term
survival of the colliery complex, safeguard an appropriate setting
for it, and make the site accessible, understandable and enjoyable
for the public.
CALDERDALE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH & ACCESS
PROGRAMME
£75,700 MGAF grant to Calderdale Metropolitan
Borough Council to build a community outreach and access service
by developing a range of programmes in the Calderdale area. These
include educational projects using museum collections, reminiscence/oral
history projects with elderly people, programmes developed with
the Young Offenders/probation service clients within local communities,
and programmes for people with special needs/disabilities.
SANDWELL COMMUNITY
LIFELINE CANAL
PROJECT
A grant of £1,287,000 to Sandwell Metropolitan
Borough Council for renovation works along the canal between Birmingham
and the Black Country Museum in Dudley. The grant is to encourage
tourism, and promote public access and environmental education.
Two new community project officers will also encourage local people
to become involved in the future of the canal. The West Midlands
has one of the most extensive canal systems in the country and
increasing recreational use is seen as providing a focus for regeneration
and tourism throughout the region.
EXCHANGE BUILDINGS,
SUNDERLAND
£2,700,000 was awarded to Tyne & Wear
Development Corporation for the restoration of this Grade II listed
building. The building, one of the most important in Sunderland,
had been derelict since the 1960s. It will form a focal point
in the re-vitalised former dock area as a public arts and cultural
centre. The works include internal and external restoration, and
access for the disabled.
DEPTFORD BROADWAY,
LONDON
A Grant of £795,400 was awarded to restore
the semi-derelict Grade II listed buildings to form and community
facilities, and residential and retail accommodation for the local
people. The applicant, the Lady Florence Trust, is a local charity,
active in a range of community and educational initiatives in
this historic, but economically and socially deprived part of
London.
LISTER PARK,
BRADFORD
This project involved the restoration, protection
and enhancement of Lister Park in Bradford. A grant of £3,220,500
was awarded for the renovation of the Grade II listed park in
this culturally diverse community of the area. This project provided
substantial public benefits to Bradford and the surrounding community
by providing a range of recreational, leisure and entertainment
services of a high quality in a socially deprived area of Bradford.
BURSLEM TOWNSCAPE
HERITAGE INITIATIVE:
STOKE ON
TRENT CITY
COUNCIL
A grant of £800,000 for an area repair
and regeneration scheme in Burslem, an historic centre of pottery
manufacture. Two management posts have been funded. The scheme
complements SRB, English Partnerships and ERDF initiatives, including
the £3.1 million Millennium project "Ceramica"
at the Old Town Hall.
THE FRIENDS
OF CROXTETH
HALL
An Awards for All grant of £2,200 for the
purchase of a computer system, photocopier and accessories to
assist in the daily functioning of the group, which works to provide
community facilities in the park and Hall.
HYDE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
An Awards for All grant of £600 to promote
involvement and accessibility for people with a disability in
events relating to the history of Tameside.
FALMOUTH MARITIME
INITIATIVE
A £10 million HLF grant to regenerate Falmouth's
docks with a new maritime museum building for the National Maritime
Museum and the Cornwall Maritime Museum's local collection. A
major partnership was established to raise the £16.1m cast
including ERDF and English Partnerships, Portpendennis Enterprises,
the National Maritime Museum, Carrick District Council and Cornwall
County Council.
REGENERATION THROUGH
HERITAGE
A grant of £200,00 to support the work
of this initiative, established in 1996 by Business in the Community.
It aims to tackle the conservation of large listed buildings by
finding new viable uses, through developing strong links with
local business and community interests. It seeks to deliver projects
that will act as catalysts in local economic regeneration.
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