Voting is now closed for these projects.
People's Millions Lottery - We Need Your Help To Win An Award
Friends of Provan hall and Friends of Tollcross Park, supported by Glasgow City Council, have submitted bids for National Lottery funding through the People’s Millions Scheme. These two exciting projects in Glasgow have been shortlisted for awards.
The successful bids will be decided by a phone in competition run by Scottish Television to be held over four nights commencing Monday 26 November through to Thursday 29th November 2007 as part of the 6 o'clock news.
Help Us To Win
The Friends of Provan Hall project featured on the ITV Scottish regional evening news programme on the 26th November, with The Friends of Tollcross Park featuring on the 29th November 2007.
Please call or text your vote for these projects when the programmes air at the end of November. We need your support!
Details on how to vote will be available here and at The Big Lottery Fund, People's Millions website nearer the time. Voting will be open from 9am, and the voting number will only be made available on the day. The cost of voting is only the cost of the call. Check back soon for further information.
About The Shortlisted Projects
Friends of Tollcross Park - Terraced Wetland Lagoon Project
Since the ‘Friends of Tollcross Park’ were founded they have been working closely with Glasgow City Council and with the local community, to protect, conserve and restore Tollcross Park to its former glory, and explore the potential for new activities to revitalize the area.
The Terraced Lagoon project comprises of sensitively constructing a lagoon pond adjacent the Tollcross burn on the existing site of the former pond and weir, this was an original feature of the park during the early 1900’s. This project will also consist of important features such as significant trees, other plants and planting, landform, water feature and ecological habitats.
It is envisaged that a wide range of communities would benefit from the project including local residential and surrounding business communities, less physically able and less active communities, the learning community, city residents and workers, the wider Glasgow population, visitors and tourists and a world wide community reached via internet accessibility.
Painting of the original Tollcross lagoon, circa early 1900's
The Friends of Tollcross Park group wants to encourage local people to use this Greenspace, and bring back quality, beauty, and shared stewardship to our historic parkland.
Friends Of Provan Hall - Archaeological Investigation
Provan Hall, a National Trust monument said to be the finest and most complete example of a pre reformation baronial mansion, is situated within Auchinlea Park. The park is now a compact 20 acres. The Glasgow FORT retail centre now forms the southern boundary of the park.
Recently the Friends of Provan Hall have submitted a bid for National Lottery funding through the People’s Millions Scheme and have been confirmed short listed for this award.
If successful, the project aims to unearth hidden archaeology in the area that may provide clues to the age and form of this medieval site.
If enough people vote for this project, it will significantly raise the profile of the local community by encouraging more visitors to this historic site as well as providing education and fun for many of the local residents.
This will be a locally driven archaeological project which enables the whole community, volunteers and school children to record and investigate the remains and History of Provan Hall, one of Glasgow’s oldest buildings.