[OccupySheffield] Sheffield Cathedral submits bid for lottery money

[David Kirkham]

Sheffield Cathedral submits bid for lottery money
 The cathedral has put together 
a bid for £980,000, which includes plans to create a new entrance 
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Sheffield Cathedral has submitted a 
bid for almost £1m to improve access to the Grade I listed building. 
Last year an initial grant of £31,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) 
was awarded to help develop the bid.
Canon Simon Cowling, who has led the project, said the church would now wait 
until March to hear whether it would be awarded a grant of £980,000.
The church said it hoped to double the number of visitors, if funding was 
awarded.
It said it was concentrating its efforts on improving its "access, education 
and heritage" as part of the bid to update the building which dates back to 
1430.
 The cathedral said the new 
entrance would add to the footprint of the existing building 
The funding would be used to provide level access to the the existing 
entrance on Church Street.
Mr Cowling said the new entrance would create a "definite discreet welcome 
area for people". 
"This is part of a long-term vision for the cathedral, the first part of 
which was realised in May 2007 when we opened the north side of the building," 
he said.
"We won't be changing the character very much at all. It's not a sort of 
massive re-ordering of the building, I would describe it as a 
refurbishment." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16061387




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