I am delighted to be able to inform you that the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded Hastings Pier a grant of £11.4 million towards the total project cost of £13.9 million to rescue and restore the Pier.
This is a great result for the Pier and the town of Hastings and it means we are within touching distance of the fundraising goal needed to start the restoration of the Pier.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely for your support and encouragement, without which we would certainly not have reached this significant milestone. The fierce commitment of the Pier’s supporters has been a unique feature of the battle to save the Pier, and I hope very much that you will continue to support the cause.
Clearly we still have much work to do and over the coming weeks we will tell you about our plans going forward and how we intend to achieve our final goal of reopening the Pier by the end of 2014.
For now let’s celebrate this truly momentous decision that has given hope and life to the Pier and our project to rescue it. Thank you so much for your support. It really has made all the difference.
With all best wishes,
Simon Opie.
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