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Major update on the restoration. Builders will start work in the Generator next month - April 2024. We expect to open in Spring 2025. Major funding breakthrough just before Christmas 2023.

We're delighted to invite you to the Hard Hat Guided tours of The Generator, taking place as part of Heritage Open Days on Sat, 16 Sep 2023. The event is free entry, but there are limited spaces, so please book your ticket using our EventBrite page.

We are overjoyed to report that the Crowdfunder smashed through its £25K target with four hours left to go on the final day (Friday 31st March). Read about Our nail-biting finish here, along with a full recap of the key moments of our campaign.

Crowdfunder Launched! 31 DAYS TO ‘DOUBLE THE MONEY’ FOR LOUGHBOROUGH’S NEW ARTS & CULTURE HUB Generator Loughborough CIC has just launched a Crowdfunder campaign that will run from 1st-31st March 2023. We’ve got 31 days to ‘double the money’ raised through match funding. We’re restoring the Old Art College’s sizable 1930s Generator Hall, creating a multi-purpose community arts venue in the heart of Loughborough. The Crowdfunder is now live at this link, where you can also watch a fantastic video where many local people reveal what this unique Loughborough space will mean to them. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/generatorlboro Huge thanks to the Generator CIC team who shot hours of footage, on a volunteer basis, to make this video possible, including Andy Harper, Jill Vincent and Jonathan Hale. Thanks also to our fantastic interviewees. A successful Crowdfunder will show we have the support of the town, which will be invaluable in securing other funding in the months ahead.

Bid updates including Loughborough Town Deal, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England. Plus our restoration plans in detail and thank yous to the many people involved. With video interviews.

The latest developments in the restoration of the Old Art College and Generator Hall in Loughborough. Our Neighbourhood has completed the work on The Old Art College, a four-storey brick building on Frederick Street. All floors are now fully open. The ground floor houses Loughborough’s latest Independent coffee shop: Public, which features an onsite bakery and retail collaborations with Ohh Deer and Cotton Clara. More good news: the Town Deal Board has chosen the Generator as one of a number of projects to proceed to the next stage of preparing business cases The upper floors are occupied by a number of creative businesses