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On 6 September 2016 the HLF rejected a bid from the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] for £902,200 but "agreed the project as a medium priority for support" and "noted that a strengthened resubmission that addressed [its] concerns would be welcomed." The concerns were "that community engagement and interpretation plans were not sufficiently strong."<ref>Minutes - Heritage Lottery Fund: Committee for West Midlands Meeting on 6 September 2016</ref>
===2017-18 19 National Lottery Heritage Fund bid==={{As of|2019}} In June 2017 the Trust has another secured £71,800 of HLF financial backing to develop a bid bid seeking £927,000 from the HLF for a large part of the quoted £1.324 million total project cost. In June 2017 the Trust secured £71,800 of HLF financial backing to develop its bid. The SVR has met the challenge of raising matched funding of £397,000 (originally £275,000) for which the Trust co-ordinated efforts. Preliminary structual investigations in Summer 2018 revealed two gas mains, one live, which increased the cost and SVR's contribution.
The Trust submitted its bid on 26 October 2018and on 25 March 2019 announced the award of a further £853, and hopes to receive 800 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly HLF)’s final decision which together with the earlier grant took the total amount of its funding to £925,600. The grant, along with other funds raised, will be used to restore Falling Sands Viaduct and to launch an exciting programme of community engagement and exhibitions that will explore the Railway’s early history. Repair work will commence in March 2019January 2020 and will be fully completed by the autumn.<ref>[https://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem. If successful in securing HLF support, aspx?a=875 SVR website]</ref> Previous announcements suggest the SVR would intend to undertake this urgent project in two stages, with the first stage from December 2019 to April 2020 necessitating closure of the railway between Bewdley and Kidderminster from the end of Santa services until Easter. Subsequent works will involve replacing damaged brickwork and corbelling, and repointing throughout.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/falling-sands-viaduct.html 'Falling Sands Viaduct', Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website] (Retrieved 20 November 2018)</ref><ref>Shareholders' Newsletter, undated</ref><ref>SVR News 203, 204</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epnovember18 Express Points November 2018]</ref>
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