COMMUNITY NEWS
OCTOBER 2022
Gainsborough’s House awarded a share of £420,000 More than £420,000 in developer contributions is to be ploughed back into communities – funding a study into Thurston railway station, the renovation of Gainsborough’s House, and improved play equipment and bus facilities for villages.
Cabinet members for Mid Suffolk and Babergh District Councils met on 5th September to agree the latest round of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding. This latest allocation is the ninth round of CIL funding and brings the total allocation delivered to the districts to more than £11m since May 2018. Receiving the largest sum of money in the awards, Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury will be supported with more than £152,500 to continue its ongoing renovation as a key part of the Sudbury Vision. Two of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Gainsborough and Constable, hail from Suffolk, and
the historic house is set to fulfil the role of a national gallery for the painters – featuring new galleries, internationally significant art collections, a panoramic studio, learning spaces and café. Closed to the public as work got underway in 2019, the £10m Gainsborough’s House project has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic but will now reopen to all in November. Mark Bills, Director of Gainsborough’s House said: “Three years of building works in the face of unprecedented circumstances have brought this vision to life. I’d like to thank the public for their thoughts, support and donations, together with every trust, fund and agency that has helped make this gallery a reality. In particular, I would like to thank Babergh District Council, without whose support the project could not have happened.” continued page 2
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