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SUCCESSFUL BIDS |
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The Survey of the Jewish
Built Heritage in the UK & Ireland
May 2004: the Survey was awarded £315,876
by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the University
of Manchester |
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The
following historic Jewish buildings and sites have received public grant aid for repairs and restoration:
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Belfast,
Jaffe Memorial Fountain
November
2003: Restoration as part of a major redevelopment of the Belfast Botanic Gardens.
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Brighton,
Middle Street Synagogue
(Grade II*)
January
2004: £25,000 Stage 1 grant under the English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme,
with a conditional offer of a further £168,000 at Stage 2.
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Edinburgh,
Salisbury Road Synagogue (Scottish
B List)
February
2003: £300,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. |
Liverpool, Deane
Road Cemetery
December
2010: £494,000 Heritage
Lottery Fund grant.
Liverpool,
Princes Road Synagogue (Grade
II*)
February 2001: £166,300 for Phase I under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
In June 2003 this grant was increased by £98,700 to a
total of £265,000.
December 2004: £84,000 for Phase II under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
February 2010: £71,000 under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint
Repair Grants Scheme.
September 2001: $15,000 from the World Monuments
Fund Jewish Heritage Grants Program |
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London, Congregation of Jacob Synagogue
December 2003: $15,000 from the World Monuments
Fund Jewish Heritage Grants Program for repairs to
gallery and floor.
London, Golders Green Synagogue (Grade
II)
April 2011: £111,000 under the Repair Grant Scheme for Places of
Worship.
London, Hampstead Synagogue (Grade II*)
2003: £175,000 under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
London, New Synagogue (Grade II)
June 2005: £62,000 under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
London, New West End Synagogue (Grade I)
January 2009: £108,000 under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
London, Sandys Row Synagogue (Grade II)
May 2009: £254,000 under the
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme.
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Manchester,
Higher Crumpsall Synagogue (Grade
II)
March
2004: £19,000 Stage 1 grant under the English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme,
with a conditional offer of a further £111,000 at Stage 2.
May 2006: An additional £151,000 under the same scheme. |
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Plymouth,
Plymouth Synagogue (Grade
II*)
December
2003: The oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the country,
dating from 1762, was awarded funding under the English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Repair
Grants Scheme: £10,000
for Stage 1 and a further £18,000 in principle for
Stage 2. |
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Stoke-on-Trent
Hebrew Congregation
May
2006:
This community has been awarded £43,700 by the Heritage
Lottery Fund to salvage fixtures and fittings, including
the Ark, Bimah, stained glass and Minton mosaic
Star of David, from the only synagogue in The Potteries.
Situated at Birch Terrace, Handley, Stoke Synagogue (William
Campbell 1922-3) closed in March 2006 and is slated
for demolition as part of a city centre redevelopment
scheme. The rescued artefacts will be reused in a small
synagogue being constructed at the edge of the town’s
Jewish cemetery. Funding as part of a wider project to
record and celebrate the history of the Jewish community
in North Staffordshire in the context of the HLF’s Your
Heritage programme. |
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If
you would like your Restoration Grant to be announced on the Jewish
Heritage UK website,
please inform the Director at director@jewish-heritage-uk.org
Remember
that publicity and (managed) public access to
historic buildings
and sites can help efforts to achieve Match Funding. |
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