{"id":473,"date":"2018-04-24T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilydavisonproject.org\/?p=473"},"modified":"2023-12-08T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:54:38","slug":"council-approves-funding-for-community-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":"Council Approves Funding For Community Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 24th April 2018<\/strong> Epsom & Ewell Councillors voted unanimously to approve the motion to Support the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epsom & Ewell Council approved funding towards the Emily Davison Memorial Project. Read the council press release below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“A statue of the celebrated suffragette Emily Davison could grace Epsom\u2019s rejuvenated Market Place after the Strategy and Resources Committee voted last night to help fund the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of\nlocal residents are leading a campaign to raise money to install a memorial to\nEmily Davison, who died in Epsom, four days after being knocked down by the\nKing\u2019s horse during the 1913 Derby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emily\nDavison Memorial Project was formed at the beginning of 2018 (the centenary of\nwomen gaining the vote) with the aim to install a life-size statue of Emily\nDavison, sitting on a contemporary granite bench, in the Market Place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project has\nbeen a community initiative and Epsom & Ewell Borough Council has supported\nthe proposal; agreeing a possible location for the artwork (with Surrey County\nCouncil) and also agreeing to take ownership and maintain the statue once it is\ninstalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emily\nDavison Memorial Project has been busy selecting and commissioning an artist\nand interacting with the various bodies necessary. They have also been fund\nraising, with the aim of securing the \u00a350,000 required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Eber\nKington, Chairman of the Council\u2019s Strategy and Resources Committee explained\n\u201cdespite a very active and positive funding campaign and widespread support,\nthe Emily Davison Memorial Project has experienced difficulties in securing\nhigh level donations. At committee, it was agreed to use developer funding\nmoney, which can only be used for environmental improvements in the area in and\naround the town centre, to support the fund with a donation of up to \u00a320,000,\nenabling the Emily Davison Memorial Project to unlock additional larger funding\ncontributions to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe artwork\nwill be an important monument in our town centre, referencing a key moment in\nEpsom\u2019s history. I think it\u2019s a piece that will engage the community and it\nwill add to a number of statues of suffragettes installed nationally in the\npast few years\u201d.<\/p>\nEpsom & Ewell Council Press Release<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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It is time that Emily Davison is properly recognised for the part she played in securing women\u2019s right to vote. It is due to her sacrifice and that of many others that women today have equal rights in law and opportunities to fulfil their potential that Emily\u2019s generation could only dream of.<\/p>\nSarah Dewing, Chair of the Emily Davison Memorial Project<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Public\ndonations to the Emily Davison Memorial Project can be made via www.emilydavisonproject.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epsom\u2019s market place is currently receiving a major investment which will be ongoing for much of 2019, this includes new paving, seating, trees, signage, renovation of historical features, introduction of a drinking fountain and a new electrical network to facilitate public entertainment and enhance markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 24th April 2018 Epsom & Ewell Councillors voted unanimously to approve the motion to Support the project. Epsom & Ewell Council approved funding towards the Emily Davison Memorial Project. Read the council press release below. “A statue of the celebrated suffragette Emily Davison could grace Epsom\u2019s rejuvenated Market Place after the Strategy and Resources…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydavisonmemorial.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}