Birmingham Heritage Forum
Birmingham Heritage Forum members are organisations concerned with collections, historic sites, museums, galleries, churches, gardens, and visitor services, within the Birmingham area.
The Heritage Forum was established in 1991 by Birmingham City Council. Since 1997 it has been an independent society run by a committee of volunteers. Members are keen to share their enthusiasm for Birmingham’s heritage and to encourage interest in it, especially among children and young people who will be the guardians of our heritage in future. Many members of the group participate in Heritage Open Days in September.
Website: www.birminghamheritage.org.uk
Bishop’s Castle and Area Heritage Forum
Bishop’s Castle has a fascinating past shaped by its landscape. This rich heritage is interpreted through a number of local history organisations that are active in the area.
The Forum was established in 2013 as a Heritage Steering Group for the Bishop’s Castle Town Hall Renovation Project. Since then, it has developed into a group sharing ideas and information as well as supporting and promoting heritage events in the area.
The Forum is the first port of call for information about the heritage of South West Shropshire.
Website: www.bishopscastleheritage.org.uk
Derbyshire Museums and Heritage Forum
The Derbyshire Museums and Heritage Forum provides informal networking opportunities, support, information sharing and promotion for museums, historic houses and heritage sites, their staff and volunteers, in the county of Derbyshire.
The Forum meets quarterly, and everyone is welcome to come along and represent their museum or heritage site.
Chair: Glynn Wilton
Email: glynnwilton@yahoo.com
Secretary: Kate Watts
Email: derbyshiremuseumsforum@gmail.com
Follow the Forum on Facebook
Website: www.dmhf.org
HVG Regional Forums
The Heritage Volunteering Group (HVG) has regional forums to complement its national work. The forums help volunteer managers connect and share best practice.
HVG East Midlands contact: Amanda Hanton amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk
HVG West Midlands contact: Michelle Davies michelle.davies@ironbridge.org.uk
Northamptonshire Heritage Leaders of Volunteer Engagement (NH-LOVE) contact: Laura Malpas lauramalpas@hotmail.co.uk
Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum
The Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum seeks to provide information, support and networking opportunities for its members, as well as building links with partner organisations and offering representation for its members, at a strategic level.
Follow them on Twitter @LRHeritageForum or like them on Facebook.
Contact: Roger Bisgrove
Email: swanningtonresearch@gmail.com
Lincolnshire Heritage Forum
The Lincolnshire Heritage Forum aims to support, develop and promote museums and heritage within the county of Lincolnshire.
The Forum aims to encourage mutual cooperation between members, support from statutory authorities, public access to collections, improvements in the standards of collections care and to raise awareness of potential funding opportunities.
Visit the Lincolnshire Heritage Forum website for details of open days, events and activities from Forum members.
Follow them on Twitter @LincsMuseums or like them on Facebook
Chair: Julia Knight
Email: JKnight@sholland.gov.uk
Tel: 01775 764474
Northamptonshire Heritage Forum
The Northamptonshire Heritage Forum provides a friendly network of support and enables members to share information, discuss current issues, take part in training and also acts as an advocate for Northamptonshire’s museums and heritage sites.
Members include local authority and independent museums, historic houses and heritage sites.
Visit the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum website for details of open days, events and activities from Forum members. You can also like them on Facebook.
Chair: Martin Lawrence
Email: martin.lawrence11@btinternet.com
Tel: 01604 847138
Secretary: Angela Scheidegger
Email: northamptonshireheritageforum@gmail.com
Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum
Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum aims to support, develop and promote museums and heritage collections throughout Nottinghamshire.
It acts as a shared voice for its members and seeks to work with other organisations involved in supporting the sector, representing members’ needs and promoting the opportunities they can provide.
Follow them on Twitter @NottsHF or like them on Facebook.
Chair: Julie Obermeyer
Email: info@nottsheritage.co.uk
Secretary: Naomi Garnett
Email: naomi.garnett@nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk
Staffordshire History Network
The Staffordshire History Network (SHN) brings together museums, historical groups and societies, civic societies, research groups and heritage sites from across the county to share ideas, best practice, news, and training.
The SHN supports and work with sites and groups which are the custodians of collections, heritage sites or archives, or who carry out research and family history and who wish to engage and promote these activities to the wider public.
The SHN meets quarterly in person and has a weekly newsletter.
Email Helen Johnson helen.johnson@staffordshire.gov.uk for more information.
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