A delivery grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will support our project to redevelop and enhance Stricklandgate House to become a heritage and community hub, whilst strengthening its core business of supporting the third sector.

The reimagined building will feature information and interpretation, space for heritage and culture, a community hub in the centre of Kendal and a strengthened Third Sector hub. It will involve the redevelopment of a modern annex and will rediscover and enhance the Georgian features of the Town House, service wing and Coach House.

The project will deliver an Activity Plan of heritage and community activities, encouraging heritage engagement with underserved groups. Heritage information and interpretation will feature on site, and the building's services will move towards net zero.

The community hub will deliver community-facing activities and events with community organisations and local councils. A Community Lounge will provide informal space for residents, service users and community groups to meet, connect and unwind.
This consultancy will assist the project team to deliver a robust monitoring and evaluation process and an independent final evaluation of the Delivery Phase. The evaluation will demonstrate outcomes achieved, lessons learned and make recommendations for the future.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with substantial monitoring and evaluation experience in heritage, community engagement and the third sector.

This project is made possible due to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.