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A Project of this scale and complexity needs significant capital and revenue
funding.
Whittington Castle Preservation Trust has been successful in attracting
funding from a number of sources.
The funding secured by the trust to date is summarised below:
 | Start up/Running Costs
| |
£ |
| Whittington Parish Council |
1000 |
| Friends of Whittington Castle |
6000 |
| Architectural Heritage Fund Project Administration grant |
4000 |
|
| Feasibility Study
|
£ |
| English Heritage |
8200 |
| Architectural Heritage Fund |
7500 |
| Shropshire Tourism Consortium |
2000 |
| Oswestry Borough Council |
1200 |
| Shropshire County Council |
2000 |
| Total |
20,900 |
|
| Urgent Repair Works
| |
£ |
| Oswestry Borough Council (Historic Building Fund) |
3600 |
| Oswestry Community Action Grant |
2000 |
| Shropshire County Council (ERDF) |
3500 |
| Dilapidations owed |
8300 |
| Whittington Castle Preservation Trust |
600 |
| Total |
18,000 |
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| Misc
| |
£ |
| 1999 - National Lottery (Millennium awards for all) used
to purchase IT equipment |
3000 |
| 2001 - National Lottery (Awards for all) used to
purchase grounds maintenance equipment |
5000 |
| 2002 - Project Preparation Grant from the Countryside
Agency under the Doorstep Greens scheme |
3122 |
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| Acquisition
| |
£ |
| Oswestry Borough Council |
10000 |
| Oswestry Community Tourism Initiative |
10000 |
|
| Preparation of a Conservation Plan
| |
£ |
| English Heritage |
4000 |
| Leader+ |
30000 |
| Shropshire County Council |
8000 |
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The Trust continues to pursue funding opportunities to secure the funding
required to implement its conservation plan.
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