The historic Redhills Durham Miners Hall building, known as Pitman’s Parliament, has received £4.5m of funding from the National Lottery, allowing a full restoration of the Grade II-listed building and modernisation of the facilities.
Redhills, which was opened in 1915, is said to be in urgent need of repairs. An appeal for funding to preserve the building was initially launched by the Durham Miners Association (DMA) in November 2018. Apart from the grant by the National Lottery, Durham City Council will also provide £1.1m of funding toward the £7.25m restoration project. The DMA is raising the remaining £1.65m from trades unions and other supporters.
COUNTY DURHAM: Redhills pitman s parliament awarded life-saving £4 5m of lottery funding
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