We have just submitted our first Lottery Find bid. This is for the Heritage Centre that we propose to have in the old Tourist Information Centre.
This will allow us to build a relationship with the Fund and help us with the main application, which I expect us to make early next year.
Most of Matlock Bath parish is a Conservation Area. There are 33 Grade II listed buildings and 3 registered Historic Parks and Gardens of Grade II status within this area. The Conservation Area also falls within the buffer zone of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The area is therefore formally recognised for its historic importance.
Our project is to develop a Matlock Bath Heritage Centre, in a currently unused area of the Grand Pavilion. This will provide both local communities and visitors from further a field with an accessible way to discover more about the rich and unique history of Matlock Bath. An extension of this will be a project to collect and preserve oral histories from the area.
Congratulations for organising the bid must go to Charles Beresford and his little team, without whom this bid would never have seen the light of day.
Friends of the Grand Pavilion Membership now stands at 1018!
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &
Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk
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