Three Industrial Heritage Events Coming Up in October

Asset Transfer for Industrial Heritage

The Ironbride Gorge Museum Trust – Saturday 18th October – FREE

This event, organised by Ian Bapty, Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England http://industrialheritagesupport.wordpress.com/the-industrial-heritage-support-officer/ will be a practical overview, very much focussed on the particular issues and challenges of industrial heritage sites, and is intended for both relevant local authority staff and members of groups who may be considering taking on such assets. Speakers include Sir Neil Cossons and Ian Morrison (HLF).

For further information about this event please contact Ian Bapty ian.bapty@ironbridge.org.uk

STICK Annual Conference 2014 (Scottish Transport and Industrial Collections Subject Specialist Network)

The Scottish Diaspora: International Mobility of Industry, Technology, Ideas, Products, People

18^th October 2014  – McManus Collections Unit, Dundee – £12.00

Speakers & topics will include:

• Mark Watson, Historic Scotland, Dundee Jute and the French Connection
• Dr Douglas Harper, Bridges in Nepal: The Aberdeenshire Connection
• John Martin, The Brewing Archive, Scottish Brewing: International Links
• Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland, Glasgow Cranes: the Japanese Connection
• Meg Luckins, Scottish Ironworking: the Russian Connection

 

A message from E-FAITH – the European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage

2015 is approaching very fast, and the European campaign to promote the industrial heritage in the course of next year is already coming at cruising speed, kindling with enthusiasm a lot of associations and volunteers in many countries.
Please see the first briefing note about this campaign, which we would like you to forward – if possible – to other associations and to local authorities and press in your region, thus spreading the message.

Please also do note the meetings which already have been announced for the Autumn:
– a second workshop on factory chimneys, to be held in Roubaix (France), on August 29th and 30th – registration is open now
– the annual E-FAITH industrial heritage weekend is going to take place in Lyon (France), October 24-26th
At the end of the Summer we will send out a second briefing with updates.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you do have any question or if you would like to receive additional information !

secretariat @ e-faith.org
http://www.e-faith.org

p/a Vredelaan 72
B-8500   Kortrijk
Flanders – Belgium

Applications open for 3rd round of AIM Biffa Award – The National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme

AIM is pleased to announce the opening of the Year 3 Applications of the AIM Biffa Award ‘National Heritage Landmarks Partnerships’ with awards of up to £120,000 available to support nationally significant industrial heritage projects.

AIM has entered into a 3 year funding partnership with Biffa Award which is providing a £1.5m investment into independent museums and industrial heritage sites across the UK.

The first two rounds in 2012 and 2013 saw awards of up to £120,000 each made to the following projects:

• Birmingham Conservation Trust – The Newnam Brothers Coffin Works
• National Mining Museum Scotland 
• Brooklands Museum – The Barnes Wallis, Stratospheric testing Chamber
• Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust – The Bedlam Furnace
• Kew Bridge Engines Trust and Water Supply Museum – Project Aquarius The Babcock Room
• Underfall Yard Trust – Revealing the Story of Hydraulic Power
• Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust – Chatham Dockyard World Heritage Discovery Centre
• The Arkwright Society – Discovering Cromford
• Brunel Museum – Opening Up Brunel’s Shaft

The deadline for applications in 29 August 2014 and applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by mid October.

More information about the scheme and application criteria can be found here: AIM Biffa Award – The National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme.

Volunteers in a Changing Environment – Free seminar from ABTEM

The Association of British Transport and Engineering Museums (ABTEM) are holding a free Spring Seminar on Volunteers in a Changing Environment. You can read more about ABTEM’s work on their very useful blog –  http://abtemssn.wordpress.com

 At a time when museums are facing significant challenges and a difficult economic climate, the recruitment and retention of volunteers is vitally important for the sustainability of many organisations. Accordingly, on Wednesday 30th April, ABTEM will be holding a free seminar at STEAM (Museum of the GWR, Swindon) exploring current developments in volunteering.

Topics covered will include:

• change management
• legal issues
• valuing volunteers
• recruitment
• training
• health & safety

We look forward to sharing a day of good practice amongst volunteers and their managers who work in museums with transport and engineering collections.

Limited travel bursaries will be available for this meeting through Arts Council England Subject Specialist Network Funding – details of how to apply are available at:http://abtemssn.wordpress.com/abtem-travel-bursaries-3/

 Please visit http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abtem-spring-seminar-volunteers-in-a-changing-environment-tickets-7913905705 to book a place at this FREE seminar

For further information please contact: events.abtem@gmail.com

The PRISM Fund is open for applications

The PRISM Fund 2014/15 is now open for applications. The Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) Fund awards grants towards the costs of acquisition and conservation of items or collections which are important in the history and development of science, technology, industry, and related fields.

The PRISM Fund can offer grants of up to £20,000, or 90% of the total project costs. Applications can be submitted at any time of the year, and will be assessed subject to budgetary constraints. A decision is usually given within two months of receiving an application. Decisions are made by the Arts Council using established criteria together with the advice of expert assessors (normally from national institutions).

The fund is administered by Arts Council England and covers England and Wales. A parallel fund for the purchase of objects relating to the arts, literature and history is administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Corresponding schemes are administered in Scotland and Northern Ireland by National Museums of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Museums Council respectively.

There is more information at: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/apply-for-funding/prism/#sthash.Ll0jJUiV.dpuf

AIM also provides grants for remedial and preventative conservation for its members, through funds donated by the Pilgrim Trust. All types of objects are eligible. For more information visit the AIM Website.

AIM announces £479K grants for National Heritage Landmarks

Biffa Award has pledged £1.5m over three years to AIM for the National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme. Annual awards are allocated to projects that help transform derelict buildings and sites into inspirational resources that tell the stories of people, processes, industrial development and change.

The Scheme will create a high profile network of interpretation and education projects across the UK that will showcase the far-reaching changes in industrial development that have shaped our nation’s history. Commenting on the latest round of awards, Sir Neil Cossons, Chairman of the Advisory Panel, said: “The second round of this three-year award scheme, like the first, resulted in applications of the highest quality and has again demonstrated the significance of Britain’s outstanding industrial heritage. All four grants have been awarded to sites of national importance and will enable them to enhance access for the public and improve interpretation”.

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust: £120,000: Establishing a free-to-enter Discovery Centre within the Wheelwrights’ Shop creating a sense of arrival, orientation and initial interpretation to the tentative World Heritage Site of Chatham Dockyard and its Defences.

The Arkwright Society, Sir Richard Arkwight’s Cromford Mills, Derbyshire: £115,000: This project will provide public access to, and interpretation of Sir Richard Arkwright’s First Mill, recognised as the birthplace of the factory system. It will provide a discrete audio visual experience which will enhance the new World Heritage Site Gateway which is currently being developed at Cromford Mills.

Brunel Museum: £122,000: Restoring public access to Marc Brunel’s entrance shaft at Rotherhithe which made the first Thames Tunnel possible and to provide interpretation of its significance in industrial history.

Underfall Yard Trust: £122,000: Repairing, conserving, interpreting and providing public access to the working Victorian Hydraulic Pump House with original pumps and accumulators in Bristol’s Underfall Yard, showcasing the revolutionary technology of hydraulic power.