Monday was mainly
preparing for a talk. Getting the Power-point ready, sourcing suitable
photographs and, of course, writing what I was going to say. It took much
longer than I thought, especially the Power-point which contained some very
dodgy animation. I'm sure my nieces and nephews could have done better.
Tuesday involved a staff
meeting with fellow Project Officer Natalie and Senior Project Officer Matthew.
The bulk of this meeting was concerned with our 'Hands on Heritage' expedition
for young people.
Still lots to sort out but making good progress.
Much of Wednesday was
spent dealing with volunteer queries. Our volunteers are essential to the
success of the project so we aim to deal with them as quickly as possible.
Queries might involve: booking events, problems with the website, locating assets,
questions about particular buildings etc. Answering questions can take quite a
while especially when we have over 240 volunteers. I also posted out ID cards
to our newest recruits who were trained at Alford by myself and our Director
David Start. Hopefully these new 'Heritage Stewards' will be able to start
surveying to add to the nearly 4000 completed surveys so far.
Thursday and Friday both
involved more planning for my talk. printing off forms, the register and, most
importantly of all, making sure we had enough tea, coffee and biscuits. These
two days also involved a number of hours validating completed surveys. The
project team check every single survey that gets completed by our volunteers.
Sometimes its difficult to keep up with the amounts being completed!
Saturday was my talk at
Benington. In the morning I talked about common building defects and after
lunch we visited All Saints, a grade I listed church. The church is currently
vacant but there are plans for its future. After a (very) short architectural
tour by me members of the Community Trust explained what they have been doing
and their plans for its future.
Overall, as always, a
very interesting and varied week.
Michael, Heritage at Risk Project Officer
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