The Heritage Alliance (THA) has announced that its long-running annual award for heritage volunteers is renamed Ecclesiastical’s Award for Heritage Heroes in recognition of the insurance company’s generous sponsorship, with a deadline for applications of 16 September 2016.
THA writes:
The award aims to celebrate the achievements of the independent heritage sector; to increase mutual awareness among members of The Heritage Alliance and help individuals develop heritage business skills.
This year for the first time, the winner of Ecclesiastical’s Award for Heritage Heroes will benefit from Ecclesiastical’s own skills-based volunteering approach. In addition to the opportunity to present on the project at The Heritage Alliance’s popular Heritage Day on 1 December at the Freemasons Hall, London, Ecclesiastical will offer a day’s worth of in-kind support such as business management, marketing, communications or HR. The exact nature of the in-kind support will be agreed between the two parties as appropriate.
The Award scheme was established to celebrate the outstanding contribution to society made by heritage volunteers in England. Now in its seventh year, previous recipients include volunteers associated with Howsham Mill, Preston Bus Station, Bluebell Heritage Railway, Gorton Monastery in Manchester and SS Shieldhall in Southampton. John Lambourn was awarded the 2015 Heritage Heroes Award for his outstanding restoration and adaptive reuse of the 19th century fishing boat named Ripple in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall.
The Award scheme is open to all Alliance members and their organisational members.
Entries should demonstrate a distinctive achievement in the past 12 months (up to July 2016) by a voluntary individual or team. Applying or nominating couldn’t be easier – please complete a short nomination form and send it to Alliance Trustee, Henry Cleary: jhenrycleary@gmail.com.
Find out more and to see the nomination forms
