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£395
raised of £2,500 target by 18 supporters

    Weʼve raised £395 to cover partial funding of new windows & doors in the main fort and replacement of temporary hand rails between the newly constructed chimneys

    Funded on Saturday, 31st October 2020

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    Story

    Slough fort is a small Victorian fort in Allhallows, Kent. Built in 1867 it is one of the Lord Palmerston smallest forts and constructed to protect the Thames estuary and Chatham dockyard from a French invasion. It was manned through the first and second world wars. After the war the fort was sold and fell into disrepair, eventually being added to the endangered monuments list.

    In 2013 a group of dedicated volunteers came together to preserve the fort. These volunteers eventually formed a charity trust to save the fort. Since then the fort has undergone a restoration process which have seen many changes and improvements that are preserving the fort and it's history for future generations to enjoy.

    One of the biggest successes is the way the fort has brought the community together with a common goal of preservation. This has had a positive effect on the local community and has indirectly become a social prescribing activity helping social isolation in one of the Medway town's most isolated areas. Slough fort has become bigger than it's sum parts and is helping mental wellbeing within our volunteers, local community and further afield.

    The project is to raise funds to replace a number of windows and doors in the main fort area. The trust has been allocated a grant to cover two thirds of the cost of these windows and doors but have a short fall to fill. This would normally be raised via our regular tours and open days. As with all small charities we have been hit hard from the coronavirus pandemic and have not been able to open since the country has been in lock down. Additional to the windows and doors we need to replace hand rails that were temporarily installed for safety reasons. These are now obsolete since the reconstructed chimneys and have become a safety concern for our guests.

    All items reinstated will be period correct and constructed with traditional techniques by local companies and installed by our volunteers. This project will help the fort partially realise it's goal of becoming a community hub.

    “Connecting communities to the past, present and future” - Slough Fort

    http://www.sloughfort.org.uk/home

    Pictures

    Top - Area of new windows and hand rail

    Middle - An example of what the windows will look like which have already been installed in the magazine

    Bottom - Temporary hand rails removed and new installed between chimneys

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    • Slough  Fort4 years ago
      Slough  Fort

      Slough Fort

      4 years ago

      We have lowered our crowdfunding target as we have been given a donation for half the original amount of £5000. We now only have £2500 to raise and from our supports we are at 10% of raising that amount. Thank you all so much ☺ We hope to see you at the fort soon, stay safe and well from Slough Fort.

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    • Slough  Fort4 years ago
      Slough  Fort

      Slough Fort

      4 years ago

      We have had some fantastic news, a long term supporter and friends of Slough Fort have donated half of our crowdfunding total. This is a massive boost as we are unable to fund raise at the moment. Thank you so much. This means we now only have to raise £2500 to cover the shortfall for our window & doors project and hand rail replacement in the main fort. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far we are so grateful☺ If any wishes to donate no matter how small, it will be helping to save our heritage for future generations. Thank You!

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    4 years ago

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    Page last updated on: 8/31/2020 15.06

    Supporters

    18

    • Mae Pulfer

      Mae Pulfer

      Aug 31, 2020

      Hopefully my donation will help. Thanks to all volunteers for their hard work in preserving the Fort.

      £40.00

    • Jo Ringer

      Jo Ringer

      Aug 26, 2020

      £20.00

    • David.Hawes

      David.Hawes

      Aug 26, 2020

      Hope you reach target

      £30.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jul 21, 2020

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jun 12, 2020

      Can’t wait to have a good look around and see all that you have achieved. Keep up the good work.

      £25.00

    • Debra Young

      Debra Young

      Jun 3, 2020

      Keep up the good work. Good luck xx

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jun 3, 2020

      Good luck, keep up the good work xx

      £20.00

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    Slough  Fort

    Slough Fort

    Slough Fort is a small non-profit community charity set up to restore a small artillery fort so it can be used as a community hub. The goal is to renovate, educate, celebrate and demonstrate history for future generations. REGISTERED CHARITY No 1179652

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