Post on 01-Jul-2015
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Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
Designers arrive
Community Partners • Castleford Heritage Trust • Focal • Cutsyke Community Group • Lock Lane Residents
Association • Friends of the Green • Wilson Street Community
Triangle • Fryston Village Group • Friends of Fryston Wood • Beancroft Blond Group
• Castleford Riverside Group
• Lock Lane Community • Sagar Street Traders • Castleford Town Centre
Partnership • Castleford Parks
Partnership • GREAT Group
Community Champions
Project Partners/Funders
• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
• Yorkshire Forward • English Partnerships • Channel 4 Television • CABE • Arts Council England • Coalfields Regeneration
Trust • Groundwork Wakefield • Environment Agency
• British Waterways • Waste Recycling Group
(WREN) • Ibstock • Big Lottery • Edinburgh House Estates • Sure Start • Scarman Trust • Heritage Lottery Fund • Geographers Association
Designs on display
Who decides?
Impacts to date (since March 2003)
• 10 new public realm projects created and delivered • 3 new community groups & 1 business association
formed • £100k seed grant from Channel 4 developed in to
£14m capital & £3m revenue fund • New retail, residential and cultural development plans
in place for the town • Involvement of local, national and international
designers and artists • Involvement of over 10,000 local people
Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
Timeline • March 2003: Project Start • July 2003: First community involvement • Autumn 2003: Design Competition • 2004: Design Development/Fund-raising/Contracting • March 2005: First project completes • Summer 2005: Open space projects complete • Spring 2007: New town square opens • Winter 2007: Bridge construction completes • Spring 2008: Broadcast TV series
http://www.castlefordheritagetrust.org.uk/
www.channel4.com/castleford