Stricklandgate House

• Stricklandgate House now receives an average 12,000 visitors and callers each year.
• Meeting rooms and a Conference Centre accommodate groups of varied sizes, interests and specialisms, as well as fulfilling requirements for training, seminars, counselling, leisure activities (including concerts), lectures and interviews. Catering is provided by arrangement.
• An independent evaluation established a national "Stricklandgate House Model", for others seeking to create similar centres for voluntary work in other parts of the UK.
• The Trust has been able to fulfil its responsibilities towards maintaining Stricklandgate House, a Grade-II Listed Building of age and character, yet has been able to make adaptive improvements with appropriate sensitivity.
• In 2009/2010 Extensive exterior and interior conservation work was carried out. This was made possible by the generous support of the following external organisations:
  
  The Heritage Lottery Fund
  South Lakeland District Council
  The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust
  The Hadfield Trust

The Trust is currently seeking external support:

• For improvements to fire precautions and building security.
• For modernisation of the telephone and computer networks to provide modern and flexible systems for the benefit of our in-house charities.
• To replace an old and leaking roof in a historically important part of the building.
• For on-going measures to maintain the heritage of Stricklandgate House, including external renovations to exterior treatments, pointing, weatherproofing and window frames, and through an internal exhibition celebrating the historical interest of the building

Stricklandgate House Trust Ltd. Board of Directors, as at 1st April 2021:

• Margaret Belk & John Leigh (Joint Chair)
• Roger Downing (Treasurer & Company Secretary)
• Naomi Brown
• Robin Cope
• Sylvia Emmott
• Graham Vincent

Stricklandgate House Trust Ltd accounts for 2019-2020 are available for download here.