Chair of Swale Museums Group Allen Whitnell (Sittingbourne Heritage Museum) has today announced that the Group is organising the first ‘Swale Heritage Forum’ to be held at UKP Leisure Club on Saturday March 7th from 12 – 2pm. The meeting will include an ‘open networking lunch’ to be followed by a range of guest speakers. The Forum will aim to raise the awareness of Swale’s heritage groups, the value of working together and appeals to those interested in history to come along and find out more about the support that is available to them.
Speakers and organisations participating include:
- Mark Bateson | Community History Officer | KCC Libraries, Registration and Archives
- Sarah Corn | Museums Development Officer | SE Museum Development Programme
- Emma Jenkins | KCC's Kent Children’s University
- Katie Rees | Voluntary Arts England
- Sarah Williams | Swale CVS
- Allen Whitnell |Chair of Swale Museums Group
- Richard Emmett | Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne
A question and answer session will be facilitated by Martin Goodhew, Swale Borough Council.
As the Swale Heritage Forum will open with a ‘networking lunch’, where individuals will be able to talk to organisational representatives on a 1-2-1 basis places are limited for catering purposes. To book a place at this free event and find out more on how the Swale Museums Group can help you with your interest in history please visit the Forum page.
This year's first annual Forum is being held at UKP Leisure, Sittingbourne on Saturday 7th March.
An outline programme of the day has been released, and speakers are being confirmed. More details about the various sessions and speakers will be announced shortly. See the forum page for details.
Booking will open on Friday 30th January 2015.
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