ARFQ To Carry Out a Community /Engagement Exercise for The Development of a Heritage Lottery Fund Bid for Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport

Sefton Council is seeking the services of a specialist consultancy to support with a public consultation / engagement exercise to inform the development of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid for Botanic Gardens, Southport to fund improvements and enhance residents' and visitors' access to the historic park, recreation facilities and open space.

Botanic Gardens Project Support is required to design, manage and deliver the overall consultation / engagement exercise as well as to provide additional capacity and expertise. This will include carrying out a range of engagement activities and project evaluation activities. The consultation will commence in October 2022 and will approx. take 6 months to complete, followed up with analysis and reporting.

Sefton Council wishes to develop a new project to allow us to celebrate our unique but vulnerable heritage features, understand our park users and identify future opportunities within the Botanic Gardens maximising both the key heritage and community links with all visitors both young and old.