Collyhurst Hall - The Dig

Funded on
04 Jul 2016

We are a group of avid amateur archaeologists based at MCA who are planning to excavate the remains of Collyhurst Hall, just north of the City Centre.

£17,519 Raised of £17,472

21 Backers

100%

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7 people liked Collyhurst Hall - The Dig10 years ago

Collyhurst Hall - The Dig hit its fundraising target!10 years ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

Publicity Is Out10 years ago

We are now working hard to make sure everybody knows about the opportunities that are coming up with our community excavation. Distribution of our flyers & posters is well underway and community engagement is gathering steam!

Getting the site ready10 years ago

The grass on site is very long now so will be cut over the next few days in preparation for the Dig to start

Collyhurst Hall - The Dig started fundraising!10 years ago

Collyhurst Hall - The Dig verified by Locality.10 years ago

Collyhurst Hall - The Dig joined: Our Manchester 10 years ago

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Collyhurst Hall - The Dig launched!10 years ago

http://www.communitymca.co.uk

Manchester Communication Academy is a mixed, non-selective school serving North Manchester children. Our lead sponsor at the academy is BT, who have a long and successful record of involvement in education.

We believe passionately in the power of an excellent education to transform lives and provide new opportunities for young people. We provide an exciting and challenging experience for our students in a supportive and caring environment.

The proof of our success is demonstrated by the quality of the daily experience we provide for young people. We have the highest expectations in term of teaching, learning and the standards our students achieve. We work on the principles that every child can be successful,
and we are doing things differently.

One of our most unique features is our rather special Community team, which is committed to providing opportunities for education and enrichment activities to people of all ages residing in the communities of North Manchester. We are responsible for all sorts of exciting activities and programmes such as our popular Sports & Leisure and Adult Learning programme, which have over 1500 weekly participants.

Other thriving projects include our free MCA Holiday Programmes for primary aged children, the Urban Crew, Once Upon A Time (local history project) and we now have a full time Community archaeologist on our team.

Project Owner: tGjz5UytvK i8iogMua!V The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractor : Centre for Applied Archaeology The team responsible for building or installing the project.