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We the undersigned call on the University of Sunderland, Sunderland Council, and regional and national bodies to do all in their power to retain the National Glass Centre at the St Peter’s location. We believe that it is one of the few nationally important buildings in the city that draws in visitors from across the region and beyond.
It is vital to the vibrancy of the city and adds significantly to the lives of local people, businesses, and students in the area. Keeping alive the 1300 year old tradition of glass making is vital to the cities heritage, culture and identity. We understand that the cost of maintaining such an iconic and nationally important building may be too high for University to bear, and urge alternative arrangements to be found to safeguard the National Glass Centre, and the future of the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art.
The University of Sunderland is running a slick public relations campaign to rid itself of the prestigious National Glass Centre (NGC) at little cost. It may even make a good profit. It no longer wishes to have a large public exhibition space, café, shop, expensive glass furnaces and multi-purpose teaching facilities which attract hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. The University considers that the NGC no longerforms part of its key academic objectives.
David Vickery, Sunderland’s National Glass Centre cast adrift
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