The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is to get a share of a quarter of a million pounds of National Lottery money as part of a countywide project.
The music charity soundLINCS has been donated the money for its three year Future of the Past plan.
Spalding Gentleman’s Society is one of six venues in the county that will take part in the project.
It will involve the creation of Cultural Facilitators aged between 11 and 25.
According to soundLINCS, they will ‘work together with the heritage volunteers to develop creative outputs based upon the venue’s assets and ambitions, to attract and retain younger and more diverse audiences to the heritage sites’.
How that will work in Spalding is still being ironed out, the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society says.
Petronella Keeling, from the group said: “The Future of the Past, is a three-year project working with local communities, volunteers and young people 11 to 25 in six heritage sites and with one Eastern European peripatetic community group to develop and create outputs based on each venue’s assets and ambitions.
“Each site and group is supported by a Cultural Facilitator throughout.
“A consortium meeting will be arranged in the next month and the Cultural Facilitators who have been liaising with the sites, will be making contact once again to discuss the project in more detail.”
Commenting on the award, soundLINCS CEO, Nikki-Kate Heyes, said: “We are thrilled to have received this support and have the opportunity to realise and continue this fabulous project.
“We are very excited to be working with such amazing organisations and communities and confident the project will support young people to be active citizens with pride in their Lincolnshire heritage.”
Sarah Grundy, senior historic environment officer for Lincolnshire County Council, stated: “This is fantastic news for Lincolnshire’s heritage.
“We are very much looking forward to working with partners to make this exciting project a reality.”
