(30 May 2024, 5:24 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote You have to wonder if the various preservation groups wouldn't be better off joining forces and getting the economies of scale that could come from combining resources and sharing a space.  Appreciate there will be personalities and history at play, and risks of vandalism/loss of everything if anything went wrong...and that the geography might not work for a NE-wide approach but there's several T&W based groups each with their own sites and challenges as you point out.  I know things like lottery funding have supported some groups but presumably not to the scale needed, more for individual restorations.

I tend to agree. Having one CIC and charity setup to combine the various groups would probably be the best option, but I appreciate that it'll be seen as far from a simple solution. 

I know NEBPT have had some limited success with the likes of HLF, but not sure other groups have been in a position to bid? There's loads of different sources of funding around, but ideally you need to get someone involved who has experience of writing funding bids.