Posts by venue: Volunteering

Progress update from the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

I’m delighted to report that work is going very well on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have nearly finished cataloguing the very extensive records of Bartram & Sons Ltd and hope to make the completed catalogue available… Read more

Volunteer Run Museums nominees – Weardale Museum & Bellingham Heritage Centre

As promised here is the film looking at Weardale Museum and Bellingham Heritage Centre ,who were nominated for the Outstanding Achievement by a Volunteer Run Museum Award at the Renaissance North East Museum Volunteer Awards 2011. Congratulations to Bellingham Heritage Centre! Enjoy the film!… Read more

The Winners! The Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011

We celebrated our volunteers and staff who support volunteers in style at the Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011 last weekend, at the Great North Museum:Hancock. The standard of nominations were exceptionally high this year and the judges had some very… Read more

We’re excited for the Renaissance North East Museum Volunteer Awards 2011!!

The nominations are in. The invitations have been sent. The judgements have been made and now we in the Volunteer Team are eagerly awaiting the Renaissance North East Museum Volunteer Awards 2011 which are taking place this Saturday at the Great… Read more

David Horsefield

We’re fast approaching our annual volunteer awards in November of this year. David won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Customer Care last year after volunteering with us for over 8 years across all of our venues. I asked David, a… Read more