Folkestone Leas Lift

As we begin to wind down for the festive break, we wanted to take this opportunity to wish all our friends and supporters a very Merry Christmas. Here's to a busy and exciting 2025! 🥳

🫵 WE NEED YOU! Can you help us collect stories of the Leas Lift? 🙋 We're looking for six people to join our team as oral history volunteers. 🎤 Whether you have fond memories of riding the Leas Lift, you're retired, a student, have some spare time, are looking for new challenges or the opportunity to gain a new skill - we need your help to collect stories of the Lift before they disappear. 👉 More info: https://lnkd.in/eGEAJjMB 📅 Deadline for applications is 9am, Monday 13 January 2025.

📢 WE'RE HIRING 📰 We're looking for a Content Marketing Officer to manage external marketing and communications, including all Leas Lift marketing channels, and produce inspiring and engaging marketing and interpretation content. 🏣 This is a full time, hybrid role that will be partly based in our temporary office in Folkestone. ⏰ Deadline for applications is Sunday, 12 January 2025. 💻 More details at https://lnkd.in/eK33TJKD The Leas Lift is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

All hail The Shuffleboard! Can’t shuffle for toffee but totally hooked. Wonderful evening with our trustees, @B&M quantity surveyors, Folkestone & Hythe District Council and @ACME getting to know the Apex Contractors Limited team at Iron Pier Brewery Limited ‘s The Boardroom in F’stone. The Folkestone Leas Lift restoration is in good hands! Thank you Helen for looking after us - we’ll definitely be back!

🗞️ We're front page news this week! It's been great to see the coverage come in for the announcement that Apex Contractors Limited have been appointed as the principal contractor for the construction work. 💻 You can read the full story from KentOnline at https://lnkd.in/eXacJ-MB

Did you spot our CEO Floortje Hoette on last night's Kent Tonight programme on KMTV? She was talking about the huge difference the The National Lottery Heritage Fund has made to The Lift - without their funding we wouldn't be about to start work on the restoration. The interview was in celebration of the National Lottery's 30th anniversary so a big 'happy birthday' to them! Link to the interview in the comments. #lotteryfunding #mediacoverage

In case you missed our news earlier in the week...

📢 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Apex Contractors Limited has been appointed as the principal contractor for the restoration of the Leas Lift. The tender process was led by Chair of the Leas Lift Build Committee Jo Streeter, project manager Luke Brown MRICS of AtkinsRéalis and Dom M., Senior Project Surveyor of B&M Construction Consultants. Jo Streeter said: “We are extremely excited to have reached this point in our restoration journey and are confident that we have found the right partner to deliver the project in Apex. “We were fortunate to receive several competitive tenders, which is why the process has taken a little longer than we anticipated. We wanted to be absolutely sure that as well as getting value for money – which is vital for our funders and supporters – we selected a company that understands what the Lift means to Folkestone.” Over the next three months, Apex will be working alongside the project team to prepare the site for construction. This will include finalising designs requiring contractor input, completing surveys now the building is fully vacant, obtaining licenses and approvals and clearing overgrown vegetation. Dan Hollis, Managing Director at Apex, said: “From the moment we had the opportunity to work on the Leas Lift restoration project, our whole team have been excited about being involved in bringing a local landmark with national importance back into public use. “Helping the Folkestone Leas Lift Company Charity and their passionate supporters restore the lift to its former glory, 140 years after it was first installed, aligns perfectly with our values. We are committed to working together and using the construction process itself as an opportunity to educate, inspire, engage and serve the local community. We can’t wait to get started!” Picture credit: Apex Contractors / The Imageworks Read the full story 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZM23Pie The National Lottery Heritage Fund Folkestone & Hythe District Council

There's just a few tickets left for tomorrow's FINAL FREE public performance of 'Lifting Stories' - a fun, interactive show by Folkestone Puppet Theatre. Sandgate Cubs recently saw the show and said: "Thank you ever so much for Andre and his team’s Leas lift performance for the cubs tonight. They were excellent and really put on a top show for us. The cubs loved it and it really helped with their knowledge about the lift and its history. Please can you pass on our thanks to all of the team, their enthusiasm and skill was a joy to watch." Book your tickets for tomorrow's 2pm performance at the Grand Burstin on https://lnkd.in/e8nSGcf4 The National Lottery Heritage Fund

It's #TrusteesWeek - the week when we celebrate the amazing contribution made by charity trustees and recognise the difference they make. There are almost one million trustees across the UK but we reckon we have some of the best on our Board - we wouldn't have got this far without our incredible Chair Cathy Beare, who leads a wonderful, committed team. A big thank you to our Board of Trustees Ed Wealend, Jo Atkinson, Adam Coleman, Rachel Knight, Dan Hulme, James Walker-Osborn, Jo Streeter, Peter Oetzmann Work and Lewis Biggs. You can find out more about them at https://lnkd.in/eax8-8JU #Folkestone #Trustees