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Heritage Lottery Fund pledges Β£1.9m to Restoration Village


Category: Factual & Arts TV; Scotland; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO

Date: 04.08.2006
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Big money boost for buildings at risk in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series

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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is setting aside Β£1.9m for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO's Restoration Village, it was announced today.

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This substantial HLF award will allow for both a main prize for the winner and a series of smaller planning grants up to Β£50,000 for the projects, short-listed for the final, that require funding to further plan their projects.

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This means even more buildings featured will have HLF support.

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Additional funding will be raised by viewer votes and other donations.

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The third outing of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO's hit series, which campaigns for endangered architectural gems, launched on 28 July with a focus on rural communities.

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Restoration Village (every Friday at 9.00pm) is featuring 21 buildings that lie at the heart of villages all over the UK and calls on viewers to vote for the one they most want saved.

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HLF has been a substantial supporter of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Restoration since the first series, awarding Β£5.5m in total to the winning buildings - the Turkish Baths at Victoria Baths in Manchester, and the Old Grammar School and Saracen's Head in Birmingham.

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Today's announcement comes as the first phase of restoration at Victoria Baths gets underway while the Old Grammar School and Saracen's Head is due to re-open in early 2008.

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Commenting on the announcement, Dame Liz Forgan, Chair of HLF, said: "Restoration brilliantly demonstrated how passionate people are about their heritage and encouraged thousands more to get really involved.

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"The Heritage Lottery Fund is always keen to hear the public's views and this new series will once again give Lottery players the chance to vote for their favourite building in the local community."

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In addition, no fewer than 24 other buildings that were featured in the previous two series of Restoration have developed their plans and won HLF funding to make them a reality.

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In total, this amounts to an additional Β£33m allocated by HLF to other Restoration projects.

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Nikki Cheetham, Managing Director of Cheetah Television, who produce Restoration Village, added: "We are very grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund for their continued support.

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"This is a tremendous boost to Restoration Village because it means the money raised by viewers' votes will be added to a sizeable fund."

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Andrea Miller, Head of Factual at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland, commented: "We're delighted the HLF is supporting the Restoration campaign and that our viewers have a say in how that money will be spent."

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Each week on Restoration Village presenter Griff Rhys Jones and ruin detectives - architect Ptolemy Dean and surveyor Marianne Suhr - profile three rural gems within a region of the UK and ask viewers to vote for which one should go through to the final.

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Seven finalists from around the country will then be put forward for the ultimate public vote.

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A surprise eighth finalist will also join the line-up - this will be the runner-up that receives the most viewer votes across the series.

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The grand final will be held at Weald & Downland Open Air Museum.

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Notes to Editors

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Restoration Village is produced by Cheetah Television production (part of Endemol UK) for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland.

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The executive producers of the series are Nikki Cheetham and Annette Clarke for Cheetah Television, and Andrea Miller for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland.

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The Heritage Lottery Fund was set up in 1994 to distribute money raised by the National Lottery to heritage projects.

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Grants range from multi-million pound investments in iconic sites, parks, wildlife and the environment to smaller grants that make all the difference to community groups.

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HLF has supported more than 18,000 projects, allocating Β£3.3billion across the UK. Website: www.hlf.org.uk.

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The money granted will be subject to approval by Registered charity The Restoration Fund.

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HLF will make a Project Planning Grant (PPG) available to all those short-listed projects that need further help with their planning, up to value of Β£50,000 each.

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Each week on Restoration Village three buildings from geographical area within the UK will be unveiled and viewers can call the phoneline 09013 600500 to register their support.

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Each call will cost Β£1 with more than 77p going directly to the Restoration Fund, a registered charity.

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Calls from a BT landline will cost Β£1. Calls from mobiles and other networks may vary.

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Monies raised from the voting lines will be used for the building that receives the most votes provided it fulfils the conditions set out by the Trustees of The Restoration Fund.

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Restoration Village has been produced in consultation with the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) and The Department of the Environment and Heritage, Northern Ireland.

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There will be also be road shows held in each region showcasing the crafts used in restoration - from stonemasonry to lime plastering and thatching.

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There is also a book of the series, published by English Heritage, featuring each of the chosen buildings.

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An accompanying series on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ FOUR sees Restoration's ruin detective Ptolemy Dean on a personal quest to find Britain's perfect village.

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In this seven part series broadcast every Friday at 10.00pm, The Perfect Village, Ptolemy will take viewers on an intellectual journey throughout the UK, visiting a variety of different villages from your typical chocolate box-setting to the more modern village in his quest to find the perfect one.

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Category: Factual & Arts TV; Scotland; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO

Date: 04.08.2006
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