Working in partnership to protect, enhance and celebrate the historic character of Forres through conservation, regeneration and community projects.
The Forres Conservation & Heritage Scheme (FC&HS) is a £3.3million funded scheme that has been designed to revitalise Forres through a range of ambitious projects over 5 years, including:
Grants for property owners to repair and conserve traditional buildings and shopfronts;
Traditional building skills training, including grants for businesses and learning activities for local property owners;
Improvements to public spaces, along with closes and lanes;
Improving the Conservation Area by adding more greenery, including community garden projects, and making upgrades to Cluny Hill;
Creating innovative ways to share and explain the history of Forres with locals and visitors, through interpretation, audio trails, digital photograph archives and online exhibition;
Exploring opportunities to bring vacant buildings back into use;
Increasing opportunities for social interaction and enhanced wellbeing;
This project is part-funded by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Heritage and Place Programme, the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) Grants for Heritage with thanks to the National Lottery players, the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, for more information, visit UKSPF Prospectus and the Scottish Government via Town Centre Capital Fund, Place Based Investment Fund and Coastal Community Fund.