Bowring Park – Heritage Lottery Fund Business Plan
Client: Knowsley Borough Council
Knowsley Borough Council in Greater Merseyside commissioned PSC to produce a business plan for a Stage 2 Heritage Lottery Fund Parks for People Project. The scheme at Bowring Park represents an exciting opportunity to provide an exceptional leisure, heritage and community facility for Huyton and Knowsley as a whole, as well as the wider Merseyside region. We produced a robust business plan to assess the park’s long-term financial sustainability, along with a review of options for the future management and operation of the newly enhanced facility.
Knowsley Council had successfully secured a Stage 1 development grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund ‘Parks for People’ Programme. Over £1.9 million will be invested in the park’s physical restoration to boost public participation, sustainability, and bring the heritage elements, including a walled garden, back into use.
The focus of our work was to understand the range of audiences and stakeholders (existing and potential) that currently benefit from, and participate in, Bowring Park; to consult and engage key beneficiaries and stakeholders to inform master plans for physical improvements to Bowring Park (developed by 2020 Knowsley), and to monitor and evaluate participation; to review of the existing activity on site and current proposals from the Stage 1 HLF application; to carry out an assessment of the potential to establish income-generating opportunities utilising the restored facilities of Bowring Park; and to prepare the Business Plan that defines a management model and necessary actions to allow income generation through Bowring Park. We also worked closely with the activity planner and liaised on community and business engagement. Find out about the National Lottery Heritage Fund projects we have worked on.
How can we help?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the preparation of a business plan for a Lottery project please don’t hesitate to call Richard Linington on 07866 742628 or email richard@pslplan.co.uk