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Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust: Successful Funding Bid

Submitted by Hannah Gibbs

The Glass-House was delighted to hear this morning that Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust (HPWRT) have been successful in their bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund. Along with Daisy Froud of AOC Participation (whom we approached to be the Glass-House independent Enabler for this project) we worked with the HPWRT Board of Trustees earlier this year to help them develop the design brief and community engagement strategy for the restoration of Hastings Pier. We also helped the group to understand and prepare for the appointment of an architect to the project. A member of the Trust said: “We got the money from HLF and a part of that is the great impression we gave over the architecture and workshops that you did. They were very impressed with your document so thank you very much”.

We are so pleased to hear the news and know that all of the Trustees have been working tirelessly to raise funds, campaign for the restoration of the pier and work with local people, businesses and organisations to involve them in the project. The Glass-House is really pleased to have been able to support the Trust in achieving some of their goals and wish them all the best in the next stage of the pier regeneration project.

The Trustees celebrating on the beach

Further information on the Trust’s successful bid can be found here, where you can also find out how to support the pier restoration project.

Click here to read a case study on our work with Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust.

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Design Workshop and Study Tour in Sheffield

Submitted by hannah gibbs

Yesterday we spent the day with the Friends of Millhouses Park group who are trying to bring their Mill Buildings back to life. We worked with BDR (Bureau of Design Research, University of Sheffield) to create a morning of workshops and an afternoon of site visits to give the group some skills and inspiration for their project.

Here are some of the things we got up to...

Presentations from Leo at BDR about the design process

Activities exploring the different roles and stages during the design process

Making collages to express the group's vision

A tour of Butcher Works - A fabulous historic works which has been converted into housing, commercial space, workshops and a cafe

Visiting the First Start Centre in Firth Park - A multi use building which caters for a huge variety of users and acts as a social space for the park at weekends

A look round the Hillsborough Park Bowling Pavilion which is a fantastic example of a building which blends seamlessly with the park it sits in

Hopefully the day will have helped the group to move their project forward - they came away full of ideas and tonnes to think about before their next workshop with us in a couple of weeks.

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