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Museum of East Anglian Life Heritage Lottery Fund Award

After a four year build up, and a huge amount of hard work the Museum's bid for development funds has been conditionally approved. The Museum asked for £2.6m to develop Abbots Hall, the walled garden, the stables, Crowe Street cottages, and replace the conservatory. The Heritage Lottery Fund have granted the museum £1.771m on the condition that it raises the balance of £830k by February 2009.

The Museum are half way there already, however if it fails to reach the target the grant could be lost. The Museum have therefore decided to launch the MEAL Appeal to invite donations to close the gap. Watch the Press and visit the museum website www.eastanglianlife.org.uk to see how you can contribute.

The MEAL Appeal

It has been decided that a wide ranging public appeal would be the most appropriate mechanism to meet this challenge. The aim will be to draw everyone’s attention to what has already been achieved at MEAL and, more to the point, to identify what still needs to be done.

The message from MEAL:'The injection of this amount of money into the local economy is an opportunity that is too precious to miss.

MEAL is not just any old museum, it is a museum with a heart and a conscience. It has a proven track record of working with local communities, and an input of funding at this level will eventually generate benefits for all. The museum is not a commercial business, but it is organised and run in a business-like manner'.

For more information about this event please contact the Museum of East Anglian Life directly using the information below:

Telephone  01449 612229
Fax            01449 672307
e-mail:       enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk