Event: WW1 Today

WW1 Today: For community groups planning First World War projects

Tuesday 12 December 2017 11.00 – 15.30

Heritage Learning Space, Floor 4, Library of Birmingham

The WW1 Engagement Centres are holding a series of events in partnership with the HLF to share best practice across WW1 projects.

Come along and you can:

• Start planning a WW1 project
• Have the opportunity to network with other organisations working on WW1 projects (including over a free lunch!)
• Share information about the interesting things that you have found while working on your project
• Find out how the WW1 Engagement Centres can help your project
• Hear funding and evaluation hints and tips from the experts
• Feel inspired to start thinking about your next project!

This free event is aimed at any community groups who have an idea for a First World War project, regardless of its scale, the stage of development it has reached, or whether you have funding, or for groups planning a second application. Groups who have successfully completed HLF-funded projects will talk about their experiences of developing and running them, and expert advice will be on hand from the WW1 engagement centre teams to assist participants in developing their projects. Advisers from the HLF will talk through some of the practical aspects of applying, and there will be a forum for individuals and groups to discuss their ideas.

Attendance is free but booking is essential.

Please contact Nicola Gauld, Coordinator for the Voices of War & Peace Engagement Centre, if you are interested in attending, n.gauld@bham.ac.uk

The Centres can cover reasonable travel expenses.

Programme

11:00 Registration, tea and coffee

11:20 Welcome and Housekeeping

11:30 Presentations from Community Heritage Groups / film screenings

12:30 Questions and discussion

13:00 Networking Lunch

13:30 How can the Heritage Lottery Fund help you?

13.50 How can the WW1 Engagement Centres help you?

14:10 Questions and discussion

14.30 Chance to visit exhibition Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War (co-curated by the Voices & Everyday Lives Centres) at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (further information here: http://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/voices-activity/beyond-the-battlefields/)