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HLF funding for Liverpool's 'Florrie'
Liverpool's Florence Institute for Boys has been awarded £3.7m by The Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will be used to fund extensive repair and conservation work, restoring the building for community use.
Closed for more than 20 years, the 19th-century Jacobean-style building in Toxteth is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built youth clubs in the UK. For nearly a century 'The Florrie' was at the heart of the community, providing a centre for young people in the local area. The Institute's alumni includes Tommy Bache, a boxer who won medals at the 1958 Empire Games, and Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers fame) who held his first gig there in the 1950s. Once completed, The Florrie will be a multi-purpose community centre and a focus for young people in Toxteth and neighbouring Dingle, run by the Florence Institute Trust which has been campaigning to save the building for the last decade.
The new centre will offer space for a wide range of activities, including workstations for start-up businesses and a heritage centre providing activities for people to learn and explore the history of the local area. Displays telling the story of The Florrie will be introduced throughout.
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