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News

·         August 2008: 

Small and Large-scale Conservation Grant Schemes 2008-09

The Trust received a record number of grant applications in our first quarter (to 31st May) and has awarded our conservation grant budget for this financial year (to April 09). As a result the Trust is unable to offer grant assistance at present.

Funds for our grant scheme will be available from April 2009. However, the Trust is currently undergoing a review process by our major funder Historic Scotland. The results of the review will be published in September and will inform our future funding levels and criteria. Until this time the Trust is unable to assess the eligibility of any application for grant assistance.

The Trust continues to provide assistance and advice on the maintenance and repair of your property and is happy to discuss any potential application at this time. All enquires will be logged in our database and potential applicants contacted as soon as possible in the autumn to confirm grant eligibility.

Further to our last board meeting in July, SCHT has awarded 108 Small-scale conservation grants to householders in the outstanding conservation areas of Kings Park and Stirling Town.

Community & Heritage Grant scheme (CHEG)

The Trust was pleased to award its first grants under the new revised CHEG scheme (see Documents & Forms for further information). This included a grant for the Top of the Town social history project. The aim of the project is to encourage and support a sense of community and belonging in the Top of the Town by developing a social history archive. The project hopes to expand on the interest their ‘ Our Lives Making History’ events received last October.

Heritage Days – Doors Open Days 2008

The Trust is currently preparing a second heritage trail leaflet on local architects McLuckie & Walker. It is hoped the leaflet will be launched in September to coincide with Stirling Council’s annual Heritage Days events. The Trust will be hosting a walking tour of the architects’ work in the city centre on the 18th September.

 

·         April 2008: 

Stirling City Heritage Trust breaks the £1million Grant Barrier!

Stirling City Heritage Trust is delighted to announce that the Trust has awarded over £1million of grant aid over the last 3 years to the repair and maintenance of Stirling’s historic built environment through its Conservation Grant Scheme.

Phil Cleghorn, Chairman of the Stirling City Heritage Trust commented:

"Stirling City Heritage Trust has been operating for over 3 years. During that time the Trust has awarded just under 100 grants ranging from the re roofing of a property in Kings Park to the holistic repair of 55 Baker Street – 1 Bank Street in the city centre, to the repair of an historic building at risk and the restoration of Kings Park Fountain.  The City of Stirling has a rich heritage: an historic environment of buildings, monuments, urban and green spaces. The Trust’s vision is that this rich resource can be better conserved for future generations through good and appropriate repair and maintenance. The City’s historic environment can provide a vibrant context for modern day activity."

Furthermore the managers of Stirling City Heritage Trust added:

"The commitment from Historic Scotland to Stirling’s historic built environment through the City Heritage Trust has been fantastic. With match funding this means that over £2 million is being invested in the upkeep of Stirling’s historic buildings. Furthermore, the importance of our historic environment can not be overlooked. In 2001 Visit Scotland said that more people visited our historic buildings than all sporting events combined and that 83% of all oversees visitors come to Scotland because of its heritage and quality environment."

·        December 2007:  SCHT have now awarded 73 Small-scale Conservation Grants to householders in the outstanding conservation areas of Kings Park and Stirling Town.  Grants have generally been 50% of the eligible works such as roof repair, window refurbishment and draught-proofing, and structural rot repairs.  To date the Trust’s Small-scale Conservation Grant scheme has awarded nearly £500,000 towards the appropriate repair of Stirling’s historic environment.

·        November 2007:  SCHT were awarded funding from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) towards a new Community Heritage & Environment Grant.  Further details will be released in early 2008. 

·        October 2007:  SCHT sponsored the ‘Our Lives Making History’ event, organised by Stirling Council’s Play Services and the Stirling Boys Club.  A number of events were arranged over one week to celebrate the social history of the Top of the Town. 

·        September 2007: ‘Primary Pictures’ an exhibition of the Trust’s ‘Children’s Art and Design Project’ ran for 3 weeks in the Smith Art Gallery & Museum.  10 of the 13 schools within Stirling’s city boundary participated with just under 200 entries. 50 entries were exhibited and the opening was attended by around 80 children, family and friends. 

·        July 2007:  Restoration and repair works to 1 Bank Street/55 Baker Street were completed earlier in the year after receipt of a Large-scale Conservation Grant from SCHT.  The success of the project was acknowledged when the building received the Stirling Civic Trust’s bi-annual award.

·        June 2007: SCHT released their first Stirling Heritage Walk leaflet ‘City Centre: Hidden Gems’ a comprehensive one hour walking tour of some of the lesser known buildings in the centre and their history.  Copies are available from the Trust and the Tourist Information Centre on Dumbarton Road. 

 

February 2007:

·         SCHT were delighted to be involved in the works to Christie’s Clock, which were recently unveiled.  SCHT grant – aided just under 50% of the costs to restore this local landmark as part of their community heritage grant scheme.

·        Works to the shop fronts of 52 –56 Port Street are due to start shortly.  This will see the culmination of 2 years repair and maintenance work carried out on this fine John Allan building.  SCHT grant aided just over £140,000 towards the overall cost of the works.

·        Friends of Kings Park are shortly to officially announce the completed restoration works to the historic Kings Park Fountain, which was also grant aided by SCHT.

·        So far SCHT has awarded 42 small-scale grants to householders in the outstanding conservation areas of Kings Park and Stirling Town Centre.  Grants have been 50% of the eligible works ranging from £350 for window repairs to £17,500 for total roof replacement.

·        To date SCHT has approved nearly £700,000 worth of grants.  This money has directly funded the appropriate repair and maintenance of Stirling’s historic environment.

·        As part of our outreach and communication work, SCHT is also shortly due to release the first of what will hopefully be a series of town trail leaflets. The leaflet ‘Forgotten Gems of Stirling’s Architecture’ should be available from June 2007.