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Imagemakers launch app engine to help heritage sites go digital and save money
Heritage interpretation consultants Imagemakers have launched ‘i-explore’, an app engine designed to help the heritage sector embrace digital technology and increase learning and participation.
i-explore is not an app in itself, it is a new engine specifically designed to power heritage apps. Based on the much-loved game of I-Spy, i-explore combines visitor information and multimedia with game dynamics, in order to engage audiences. It is this game element that sets i-explore apart from other visitor apps, which often have static information or images (like a digital guide-book). An independent research study(1) on our Wildspace app for the London Borough of Havering, showed that the game element drives participation and learning by tapping into people’s natural curiosity and desire to succeed.
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Letchworth's Howard Gardens public opening
A new statue of Greek poet Sappho will be unveiled at an official event to mark the reopening of Howard Gardens in Letchworth Garden City to the public on 5 November 2011 from 12 to 3pm.
The original Sappho statue was stolen from the Gardens in the 1990s and a new version will now be given pride of place in the heart of the renovated Gardens.
The reopening of the Gardens marks a significant milestone in North Hertfordshire District Council’s £2.7million project to renovate both Howard Park and Gardens. The overall scheme will conserve the historic importance of the Park and Gardens while bringing its facilities up-to-date and aims to increase the number of people who use and enjoy it. The scheme has been largely financed thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund’s (BIG) joint Parks for People programme.
Larry Lamb makes surprise announcement of Heritage Lottery Fund grant to former Brixham sailing trawler
The Trinity Sailing Foundation is today celebrating following the award of £170,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support the restoration of the former Brixham sailing trawler, Leader.
The surprise announcement, made by EastEnders actor Larry Lamb, will be shown as part of The National Lottery: Secret Fortune on Saturday evening on BBC 1.
Larry Lamb visited Brixham as part of a series of films appearing on the Lottery draw show over the coming weeks. The films feature the great variety of good causes that Lottery players are helping to support by raising over £30million a week for good causes.
Royal Garrison Church Woolwich gets new lease of life
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a confirmed grant* of just over £396,000 so that Grade II listed St George’s Garrison Church in Woolwich can undergo much-needed conservation works, it was announced today.
The money will see up to twenty students work alongside newly appointed mural conservators under the Heritage of London Trust Operations (HOLT Op) scheme to preserve the remains of the Royal Garrison Church, currently on the English Heritage At Risk Register. The scheme, expected to take just over two years to complete, will also make the site fully accessible to the public for the first time.
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Breaking the code at Bletchley Park
World War II codebreaking centre set to benefit from latest Heritage Lottery Fund support.
Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding [1] of over £6m for three heritage projects. These involve:
Lifting the lid on Bletchley Park’s fascinating secret wartime history;
Conserving one of the UK’s most endangered insects - the bumblebee;
Restoring Newcastle’s ‘Black Gate’, a notable medieval landmark.
Carole Souter, Chief Executive of HLF, said: “These projects demonstrate the huge reach of our work, from protecting the endangered bumblebee to restoring wonderful historic buildings. We were extremely impressed with the quality of the proposals we looked at for this round of funding and high competition meant difficult decisions on the day. We hope that this sizeable investment of lottery money will give many more people the chance to get involved with their local heritage, wherever their interests lie.”
Natural Stone Award for Craftsmanship current holder Timothy Lees demonstrates standards achieved by MCA Members
Principal Stone Contractor/Craftsman: Timothy Lees
The project
New Chimney Pieces, Hanover Lodge, London
Each of the five chimney pieces has been made from carefully selected statuary marble, sawn to make sure only the best quality material was visible on the finished piece.
Details unveiled for £100million scheme to boost private giving to culture
Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) today announced further details of the £100million Catalyst scheme to boost private giving to the cultural sector.
Full guidance for applicants has now been published with the first part of the scheme now open for heritage applications.
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Wood Carving Classes with Gerald Adams of the Master Carvers Association
Your Tutor. Gerald Adams
After obtaining a fine art degree at Exeter, Gerald worked for a large Norfolk Furniture maker making fine reproductions, before studying carving at the London College of Furniture and setting up on his own.
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English Heritage Publishes New Guidance on Theft of Metal from Churches
English Heritage has today (26 September 2011) issued new guidance on the theft of metal from church buildings in view of the intensification of the problem in some parts of England. The guidance offers greater clarity on when alternative materials might be appropriate and which ones are likely to be considered following theft of roofing materials.
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Newcastles Medieval 'Black Gate' brought back to life
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today awarded a confirmed grant¹ of £1.4m to The Heart of the City Partnership for an exciting restoration project. Old Newcastle: ‘Where the Story Begins’.
HLF’s investment will completely revitalise the City’s 13th century, Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed ‘Black Gate’, bringing this currently vacant building back into public use as a fully accessible heritage, education and community resource.
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"I want the one with the Owl on it"
Owlett-architectural Inspires Merchant Ambassador
The UK’s newest distributor of architectural ironmongery, Owlett-Architectural, has proved to be so popular with merchants across the UK that one satisfied customer has covered his workplace with images of the brand’s iconic owl.
Laing O’Rourke seals £95m Manchester library revamp job
Contractor will overhaul the city’s central library and town hall
Laing O’Rourke has signed a £95m contract with Manchester city council to overhaul the city’s grade-II listed Central Library and town hall.
The contractor will refurbish the two 1930s landmarks and connect the buildings for the first time.
Other works include the installation of a glass and steel feature stair and lift in the Central Library and the creation of a new public ground floor exhibition and entertainment space.
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Lovell Purbeck restores Floor at St. John's Church, Hyde Park
Produced in the company’s new tile factory
Lovell Purbeck, a specialist supplier of Purbeck natural stone and British limestones, has recently supplied 650m2 of replacement internal flooring for the significant renovation project at St John’s Church, Hyde Park. This project marks the first, completed scheme through the company’s new state-of-the-art tile factory at the stoneworks just outside Swanage, Dorset.
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