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Charity applies for grant to save Jumbo
North Essex Heritage has applied to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a £7m Heritage Enterprise Grant to save Jumbo and bring it into sustainable use.
The Jumbo Project will cost an estimated £10.5m and see the Grade ll* listed building restored and run as a destination venue, visitor experience and historical interpretation space for everyone to enjoy.
Simon Hall, MBE, DL, Chair of North Essex Heritage, said:
“Thanks to National Lottery players, we received £250,000 development funding to work on our plans for Jumbo, which is of National heritage importance. We hope our second round grant application will be successful. We are also about to submit planning and listed building consent applications to Colchester City Council. Jumbo is crumbling and this is the last realistic chance to save it.”
“The whole Jumbo Project will cost around £10.5m and depends on our bid to The National Lottery Heritage Fund being successful. We also must find around £3.5m in match funding. North Essex Heritage has already secured around £1.5m towards the overall target, including from Colchester City Council and UK Government grants.”