Contact
General enquiries email lrhfcontact@gmail.com or telephoning 0116 305 4140.
Forum Membership, please contact Phillip Lindley, treasurer and membership secretary, by email at lrhfmembership@gmail.com.
Forum Chairman, Wendy Freer, email lrhfchairman@gmail.com
Forum Newsletter, Penny email lrhfnewsletter@gmail.com
Website Updates, email swanningtonresearch@gmail.com
Networking and sharing
Meeting other heritage volunteers and sharing ideas is a great way to learn in an enjoyable environment. The Forum hosts four members’ meetings a year. The next meeting is
Members Meeting and Forum Annual General Meeting hosted by Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust, Loughborough , 12.45pm for 1pm Tuesday 31st March 2020 – Free to Forum Members
Cancelled until coronavirus pandemic resolved
We are delighted that the meeting for all Forum members is being hosted by Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust. The guided tour of the bellfoundry will take us through the centuries old bell making process that has produced so many fabulous bells that ring throughout the country. The tour will be followed by the Forum Annual General Meeting.
Previous Meetings
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28th November 2019 – Melton Carnegie Museum, Melton Mowbray – a helpful presentation on the country towns museums network, followed by a guided tour of the museum and how they dealt with contentious issuesA |  |
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27th June 2019 – Lightning Preservation Group, Bruntingthorpe Airfield – A very useful Arts Council funding presentation was followed by visits to the Lightnings in the Quick Reaction Alert hangar and the Boeing 747s. |  |
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28th March 2019 – County Records Office, Wigston – We had a wonderful tour including the muniments room where all the documents were stored. The highlight was the sample of documents laid out for us to view. |  |
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30th November 2018 – Leicestershire County Council, Creative Learning Services, Wigston – CLS have so many fabulous artefacts that they take to schools. When our treasurer goes collecting fees in this helmet everyone will pay up pretty quickly! |  |
Membership Benefits
Providing support for over thirty years, the Leicestershire & Rutland Heritage Forum is the only region-wide organisation which promotes and celebrates the unique heritage of Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland. Our work raises standards across the region and helps develop long-standing relationships between our members.
Through joining our Forum you will get exclusive access to:
- Information sharing and networking opportunities with museum and heritage organisations across the region;
- An engaging programme of relevant, practical training;
- Expert support and advice on volunteering opportunities and challenges;
- Site visits to other heritage sites within the region;
- Promotional marketing, with our members details featured on the Forum website and promoted across our social media channels;
- Access to Forum members only categories in the Biennial County Heritage Awards which celebrate excellence in the region;
- Access to a newsletter, filled with regional updates;
- Access to funding and fundraising advice and opportunities (location dependent);
- A range of committee and non-committee roles to get more involved in the work of the Forum;
- Opportunities to work on collaborative projects with other organisations.
We welcome membership from anyone in the region with an interest in this local heritage, offering both institutional and individual memberships. View our Forum leaflet online Forum leaflet
Membership costs £30 for an organisation and £20 for individuals per year. membership form
Website Updates
Members wishing to update their page on the website should email details to swanningtonresearch@gmail.com
Forum Newsletter
The Winter 2018 Forum newsletter has been distributed. Contents include:
- Forum Events and Activities
- The Sandford Award for Heritage Education
- Revised museum accreditation timetable
- Burbage Heritage Group – WWI project
- Pudding Bag Productions – new film
- Cotesbach Educational Trust – Talk Tuesdays
- Leicestershire Victorian County History Trust – Loughborough volume
- Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum – World War One
Sign up for future editions, email Tracey via lrhfcontact@gmail.com
Exciting Free Heritage Opportunities for Schools
The Forum has published a booklet for schools that describes the activities and learning experiences that Heritage Groups in North West Leicestershire can offer to support schools in the delivery of the national curriculum.
Many activities are more than just history, they include English, mathematics, geography and other subjects.