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Stepclever, acme and Heritage Works warmly invite you to a network event for creatives.

• An opportunity to hear about how Stepclever can support creatives in North Liverpool
• A chance to find out about emerging ideas for Everton Library, and how creatives could benefit
• Meet up with colleagues and friends, make new contacts, exchange information
• Free buffet

Thursday 11 March

Food & chat from 6pm; meeting starts 6.30 pm, finish by 8pm

at The Royal Standard,
Unit 3, Vauxhall Business Centre,
131 Vauxhall Road,
Liverpool L3 6BN
For directions go to www.the-royal-standard.com

RSVP to admin@heritageworks.co.uk by 8 March

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Murrays' Mills Evaluation

"Delivered on time, delivered to plan, delivered to budget"

In November 2009, Heritage & Regeneration UK undertook an evaluation of the Murrays' Mills Project in Ancoats, Manchester.

"The Murrays' Mills project repaired, restored and ultimately saved, an important and iconic industrial listed building that was 'at risk'. This has been a successful project. It has delivered a significant quality exemplar of a historic building shell repair, on time, to plan and to budget."

The Murrays' Mills complex is unique and is recognised across Europe as one of the most important Grade 2* early industrial structures in the UK. Between 1999 and 2006, the Murrays' Mills 'shell repair' project brought together national and regional partners and funders with a local Trust, Ancoats Buildings Preservation Trust (now Heritage Works), to facilitate a significant project that provided gains to both the built heritage of Manchester and the overall regeneration of the Ancoats area. At the same time the capital works were being completed there were also constituent elements and projects delivered, such as Skills Schools and Stories. The Trust was also delivering concurrently another restoration project at the nearby St Peter's Church.

The Evaluation of the Murrays' Mills project was carried out between May and September 2009. The primary purpose of the evaluation was, in one document, to draw together and review all of the reporting, monitoring, evaluation and other information relating to the project and include review of any participation within area based regeneration or strategic frameworks. The evaluation included the project Skills Schools and Stories.

The evaluation found significant evidence of high levels of delivery, achievement and success, across all the main project areas. Ancoats Buildings Preservation Trust was pivotal in campaigning for the local built heritage. The Trust developed plans with local agencies in Ancoats over a number of years and then built and sustained a unique working partnership to deliver the project. Without this joint approach and co-operation the substantial conservation deficit would not have been bridged.

The evaluation offers important organisational learning points including those relating to risk management, partnership and funding, legacy of the project, promotion and publicity, future evaluation, sustainability and conflicts of interest.

Murrays' Mills Evaluation Report [PDF 13.2Mb]
Murrays' Mills Evaluation Executive Summary [ PDF 1.8Mb]
Murrays' Mills Evaluation Annexes [PDF 145Kb]

Sandbach Old Hall

The Options Appraisal Study on this Grade I listed building has now been completed.

Download Sandbach Old Hall Options Appraisal Study, Executive Summary [pdf 218Kb]

More information about Sandbach Old Hall.

Everton Library

Following on from an options appraisal study in relation to Everton Library which Heritage Works Buildings Preservation Trust completed in 2009, the Trust has again been commissioned by Liverpool City Council to undertake a further piece of project development work in relation to this building. The building is a Grade 2 listed late Victorian library and technical school, and we have been asked to explore a project use around the theme of creative enterprise/cultural community hub/heritage skills training, and educational uses. Everton Ward has the highest percentage of worklessness of any Liverpool ward and so the potential of this project to achieve an economic impact in such a context is particularly important. This piece of development work is scheduled to be completed by the end of March. More information about Everton Library.

The Northern Way: Regeneration Momentum

Heritage Works and the North of England Civic Trust were commissioned by The Northern Way, through its Regeneration Momentum programme to identify new ways of working between the voluntary, public and private sector in order to deliver heritage-led regeneration schemes to the benefit of all involved.

The commission seeks to explore how Building Preservation Trusts and other third sector organisations can assist in the delivery of, and add value to, regeneration by working in partnership with both the public and private sectors.

The compiled results highlight what previous good practice could be adapted to the current climate and what gaps and barriers there are. The findings will be presented to a Regeneration Momentum Conference to be held in Bradford on 15th January 2010.

Adding Value: Third Sector Partnerships in Heritage-led Regeneration

Download Report [pdf 1.7Mb]

Download Appendices: Summary of Questionnaires & Case Studies [pdf 1.7Mb]