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