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25 August 2005
Garden Trust Prepares Bid For Big
Lottery Windfall
Garden
executives met a representative of the National
Lottery about its
Living Landmark Fund last week to determine how best to
present their bid for funding in order to increase its
chances of success.
The Living Landmark Fund,
which will support projects that help communities to improve
their quality of life and environment has set a deadline of
January 6, 2006, for bids to be submitted and it is
anticipated that applications will far outstrip the level of
funding available.
Rachel Johnston, marketing
and PR manager of the Alnwick Garden said: "We are currently
putting our bid together to meet the criteria set by the
specific Living Landmark Fund. We had a good meeting with a
representative from the The Big Lottery Fund, which has many
different funding streams and we will only be applying to
the one suitable to our charity.
"The bidding process is
very competitive, with many stages to complete, and
decisions will be made from the Big Lottery Fund head office
in London and announced in the summer of 2007.
The Living Landmarks Fund
will issue a small number of grants of between £10m and
£25m and it is expected that the Garden’s bid will
aim for support from this trench of funding.
The Fund will also issue a
single grant of between £25m and £50m, run in
conjunction with the People’s Millions programme.
Projects will be voted on by the public through an ITV
programme to select the winner.
Alnwick Garden Trust, a
registered charity, has achieved much to date through the
Garden.
It provided 24,664
learning opportunities between April, 2004, and June, 2005.
It has created work for 200 people both directly and
indirectly through the Garden and, since October 2001, has
attracted 1,571,000 visitors.
On completion of Phases 2
and 3 by 2008, the Garden will generate up to £150m in
economic benefits for the North East over a ten-year period.
It will employ 445 people in full-time equivalent jobs and
the annual spend of visitors is estimated to reach
£9m.
The Alnwick Garden,
however, is only halfway through its development. There are
six more gardens still to come, along with the Treehouse
play area, trumpeted as being the largest playground in
Europe, the lighting scheme, the bridge across Denwick Lane
and the facilities in the car park such as a service area
for coach drivers and toilets.
"This is only just the
beginning. There are many more things planned and it is
essential to continue to grow and develop to add to the
successes achieved so far," said Mrs Johnston.
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