The first ever Scottish Heritage Angel Awards shortlist has been revealed, with awards to be announced on 28 September
The Scottish Heritage Angels Awards writes:
Ancient sea caves, a paddle steamer, a listed railway building and a Victorian garden cemetery are amongst 12 heritage projects that will see the ‘Angels’ behind them celebrated as they go up for an award in the inaugural Scottish Heritage Angel Awards.
The shortlist for the first ever Scottish Heritage Angel Awards has been announced today (24 August). The 12-strong shortlist, which spans the length and breadth of the country, from Orkney to Dumfries and Galloway, includes volunteers behind Scotland’s firefighting heritage, a project capturing the history and culture of the Outer Hebrides and a unique biographical project charting the timeline of the 107 houses and their owners, past and present, in the village of Cairndow in Argyll.
The awards, which welcomed well over 80 nominations for ‘Heritage Angels’ highlighting a diverse range of voluntary activities and projects from across the country, will celebrate the contribution volunteers make to Scotland’s historic environment at an awards ceremony to be held in Edinburgh in September.
Funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, and delivered via a partnership between several of Scotland’s heritage organisations, this nation-wide initiative, will acknowledge the benefit that volunteers and groups such as those shortlisted have in helping to better understand, appreciate and protect Scotland’s heritage and history for current and future generations. This awards initiative, which recognises the positive impact that volunteers have on Scotland’s heritage, aligns well with the key underlying principles of Our Place in Time, the first Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland, which places a strong focus on supporting and enabling participation across the historic environment.
John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Civic Trust, added: ‘The response to the first ever Scottish Heritage Angel Awards has been phenomenal. Choosing a shortlist from over 80 nominations was very difficult. Each ‘Heritage Angel’ was a strong contender and demonstrate the extraordinary commitment and passion for local heritage across the whole of Scotland. Acknowledging people’s commitment as champions of their historic environment is incredibly important and each of the applicants are to be congratulated on their achievements to date.’
Shortlisted entrants have been invited to attend the first Scottish Heritage Angel Awards ceremony, hosted by Sally Magnusson, to be held at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on Monday 28 September, where the overall winner of each category will be announced.
