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  • 24th November 2020
Thanks to Mary our long-term volunteer

Last week we said goodbye to our long-term volunteer, Mary who has been assisting in Conservation for 8 years.  Her commitment has been most appreciated and she will be missed.  This blog is dedicated to Mary, to celebrate and recognise her hard work over the years. Rhonda (Conservator): As the sole Conservator for the Worcestershire...

  • 2nd June 2020
From Conservation Volunteer to Icon Intern at The British Museum

We have fantastic volunteers, contributing the equivalent of around 450 days a year. They help us is so many ways, and we try to share the many varied volunteering roles they do on our blog each year, and we appreciate all they do. However we know they get a lot out of volunteering too, which...

  • 18th September 2019
Recording a Time Capsule – Volunteer Opportunities & Training

We need your help! The Market Gardening Heritage Project is looking for volunteers to help record fascinating stories and preserve an important chapter in the Vale of Evesham’s history. Training workshops are coming up in the next few weeks, so do get in touch if you’re interested.  Archiving a Time Capsule  One day Edgar Wheeler,...

  • 27th March 2019
Volunteers wanted to help with ‘Hidden Histories of Worcester’ Project

We are helping a local arts organisation with an exciting project and we are looking for volunteers to help groups delve into the past in April and May. Equal Vision CIC have been awarded money from Heritage Lottery Fund for “Hidden Histories of Worcester”, a project which aims to help local people to discover real...

  • 2nd March 2017
New entries added to our Quarter Sessions index online!

Regular visitors to the Indexes and Guides section of the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service website may have noticed that the index to our Quarter Sessions papers has grown since Christmas, with the addition of an index to the 1854 papers.  This is an increase of over 2,000 entries, now searchable online. This is entirely...