Mark Cotton of the BIG Lottery Fund (far left) presents a cheque to Heartlands Steering Group members Rob Grose, Malcolm Moyle, Carolyn Rule and Scott James

Heartlands will deliver an inspiring, inclusive, sustainable community development at the heart of the regeneration area in Pool. The project celebrates local culture, heritage and the natural environment within a major new park and sensitive development around one of the area's best preserved historic mining sites at Robinsons Shaft.

The project has won £22.5 million BIG Lottery support alongside millions of partnership funding. Enabling work has begun on site and the main contracts for the Park, new buildings, Pool village enhancements and historic building conversions will be undertaken next year with a final project completion sometime in summer 2011.

The project will create workspace, community space and flats for lease and hire to complement the World Heritage Site Gateway Centre, performance space, restaurant and Community Centre.

Cornwall Council is the delivery organisation, and has set up a team on site to deliver the project. The Heartlands website can be viewed at  http://www.heartlandscornwall.com  which gives the latest news, new opportunities and community based projects that have developed as a result. Other partners of the project include Carn Brea Parish Council, Carn Brea Regeneration Advisory Committee, and the Homes and Communities Agency.

A 'Friends of Heartlands' group has been set up and soon an independent 'Heartlands Trust' will be established to own and manage the assets.