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Skills, Schools, Stories is an integrated programme of activities designed to provide opportunities for people of all ages to get involved in the restoration of Murrays' Mills and the regeneration of the Ancoats area.

The project has a total cost of £150,000 and is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with private sector sponsorship and 'contributions in kind' from volunteers. The project is administered by Heritage Works Buildings Preservation Trust (formerly Ancoats Buildings Preservation Trust) A Community Development Officer, Jennifer Gosling, has been employed from two years to develop and implement the programme.

Heritage Works will continue to engage with communities following the model developed in the Skills, Schools, Stories project.