National Lottery Heritage Fund Award for Sauchiehall Street Culture and Heritage District

That the Parliament congratulates Glasgow Life on receiving £350,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for planning and development work for the cultural revitalisation of Sauchiehall Street; understands that this work will support and inform further significant future investment by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in Sauchiehall Street and its communities; further understands that the initial award is the outcome of collaborative working between Glasgow Life, Glasgow City Council, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund during 2023 to explore how what it sees as the internationally important heritage and culture of Sauchiehall Street can be protected and celebrated, and how local communities and stakeholders can be empowered through this work; notes that the £350,000 award will fund 18 months of work to ensure that local communities and stakeholders can play an active part in exploring their heritage and planning for the future of Sauchiehall Street, and acknowledges that the funding will help to provide a culture and heritage community grants scheme to empower local people and businesses, and that it will support research and planning to inform the next phase of work to revitalise Sauchiehall Street, including the creation of a geo-spatial map of the culture and heritage of the area.