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OUR PROJECT TO help SAVE and develop HISTORIC ROCK HALL IN FARNWORTH
All our activities relating to this project are advertised on our dedicated ROCK HALL Facebook page @ROCKHALLFARNWORTH OR click here https://www.facebook.com/RockHallFarnworth
JANUARY 2022 - 7th January 2022 our project was featured on Anna Jameson show BBC Radio Manchester (7.45am)
f you want to listen to the interview click here to the BBC Radio website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bb2l7w and then jump to 1hr.43mins on the recording (note it will only be available to listen to for 29 days from 7th Jan 2022)
UPDATE JANUARY 2022 - OUR NEW DEDICATED ROCK HALL WEBSITE WILL BE LAUNCHING IN FEBRUARY!
2021 - OUR LATEST FILM
Special thanks go to the following who made it all possible and helped us to make this years Rock Hall project a success. Without their support we could not continue. Thank you!:-
Have a look at our latest film here and thank you for your support. We look forward to 2022 and what other exciting adventures it will bring!
JANUARY 2022 - 7th January 2022 our project was featured on Anna Jameson show BBC Radio Manchester (7.45am)
f you want to listen to the interview click here to the BBC Radio website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bb2l7w and then jump to 1hr.43mins on the recording (note it will only be available to listen to for 29 days from 7th Jan 2022)
UPDATE JANUARY 2022 - OUR NEW DEDICATED ROCK HALL WEBSITE WILL BE LAUNCHING IN FEBRUARY!
2021 - OUR LATEST FILM
Special thanks go to the following who made it all possible and helped us to make this years Rock Hall project a success. Without their support we could not continue. Thank you!:-
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Our Steering Group members
- Our project partners
- Local Councillors
- Bolton Council Officers in Bolton Council’s Property, Planning and Libraries and Museum Teams
- Our Charity's Trustees and volunteers
- The local community
Have a look at our latest film here and thank you for your support. We look forward to 2022 and what other exciting adventures it will bring!
25th March 2021. We were awarded £99,600 funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help us progress to the next stage of our journey to acquire and save Rock Hall on behalf of the community!. We were so thrilled and wish to give our heartfelt thanks to National Lottery players and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding enabled us to provide exciting activities during 2021 including a community Archaeological Dig, believed to be the first in Farnworth!
Rock Hall is a Grade 2 listed building situated in Moses Gate Park in Farnworth near Bolton. The Hall was built in 1807 for the Crompton family who were proprietors of a large paper mill located in the park. It is an important reminder of the industrial heritage of the area where paper making was part of the local economy for over 250 years. The Hall is currently owned by Bolton Council and was used by them until 2014. It has been closed ever since.
We have been proactively working on plans to acquire and save Rock Hall for the benefit of the community, since the beginning of 2020 (although Covid 19 has had some effect on the speed of our progress). The amount of voluntary time spent on on the proposed project so far is substantial. We are extremely passionate about the Hall and despite the many barriers we face to help save it, we are continuing to make progress to help secure its future.
In January 2021 the Council agreed to transfer the Hall to our charity (which is working on behalf of the local community) subject to us meeting the requirements of their CAT transfer policy, Members agreement and obtaining the substantial funding that we need for the Hall's renovation and expansion.
If we are successful with acquiring the Hall, our proposals for its future use, are very much focused on the needs of the community whilst also ensuring commercial viability and sustainability. We will be creating numerous local jobs and volunteering opportunities and providing much needed facilities and new activities in the Hall and park (subject to Council approval). Such activities would benefit everyone regardless of age and would be sympathetic to the wildlife and nature.
We are working with trusted partner organisations and local community groups on our proposed project. It is a team effort to save this vital part of Farnworth's Industrial Heritage.
Our estimated £2.4 million cost for the Hall's renovation and expansion project must be commercially viable and sustainable to ensure the future of the building. It has been renovated previously (in the 1980's) and has fallen into disrepair once again! We cannot let this happen in future.
We recognise the importance of community involvement and consultation so in August 2020 we shared our ideas for the Hall and park with the community via a "survey". In just 3 weeks we had 604 responses including 389 offers of help from volunteers!
We are so very grateful that we have such backing from the community and we have a great team ojn our project Steering Group. Follow our journey via our Save Rock Hall Farnworth Facebook Page by clicking here
We aim to turn Rock Hall into a vibrant, multi purpose, viable and sustainable Community Asset!
Dream Believe Achieve
We have been proactively working on plans to acquire and save Rock Hall for the benefit of the community, since the beginning of 2020 (although Covid 19 has had some effect on the speed of our progress). The amount of voluntary time spent on on the proposed project so far is substantial. We are extremely passionate about the Hall and despite the many barriers we face to help save it, we are continuing to make progress to help secure its future.
In January 2021 the Council agreed to transfer the Hall to our charity (which is working on behalf of the local community) subject to us meeting the requirements of their CAT transfer policy, Members agreement and obtaining the substantial funding that we need for the Hall's renovation and expansion.
If we are successful with acquiring the Hall, our proposals for its future use, are very much focused on the needs of the community whilst also ensuring commercial viability and sustainability. We will be creating numerous local jobs and volunteering opportunities and providing much needed facilities and new activities in the Hall and park (subject to Council approval). Such activities would benefit everyone regardless of age and would be sympathetic to the wildlife and nature.
We are working with trusted partner organisations and local community groups on our proposed project. It is a team effort to save this vital part of Farnworth's Industrial Heritage.
Our estimated £2.4 million cost for the Hall's renovation and expansion project must be commercially viable and sustainable to ensure the future of the building. It has been renovated previously (in the 1980's) and has fallen into disrepair once again! We cannot let this happen in future.
We recognise the importance of community involvement and consultation so in August 2020 we shared our ideas for the Hall and park with the community via a "survey". In just 3 weeks we had 604 responses including 389 offers of help from volunteers!
We are so very grateful that we have such backing from the community and we have a great team ojn our project Steering Group. Follow our journey via our Save Rock Hall Farnworth Facebook Page by clicking here
We aim to turn Rock Hall into a vibrant, multi purpose, viable and sustainable Community Asset!
Dream Believe Achieve
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