By Three new heritage projects in Grimsby to ‘help celebrate our roots’
There are three new heritage projects for North East Lincolnshire, that will benefit the area with £590,000 in National Lottery Heritage Fund grants.
Grimsby Town Football Club ‘memories and memorabilia’ will be showcased in a touring exhibition, for fans to immerse themselves in the history of the game. A piece of local heritage news will form a monthly magazine show broadcast online on The Heritage Channel, it will also see the Viking history of Grimsby explored and ‘celebrated.’
NELC said the grants were ‘aimed at providing a foundation for groups to develop initial ideas that would help them to develop larger projects in the future’.
The Grimsby Town Sports and Education Trust project will ‘capture memories’ and collect memorabilia from the club to be displayed in a touring exhibition, they will record stories of Grimsby Town Football Club, and in particular, from those either aging or suffering from dementia, these will all be formed as part of a new website.
Graham Rodger, Community Officer at Grimsby Town Sports and Education Trust, said: “By completing the pilot through the Heritage Starter Fund, we were able to collect data and knowledge to support a larger National Lottery Heritage Fund bid. Without a doubt, completing the pilot project made our application much stronger – we’re looking forward to a much larger scale collection of memories to share and digitalisation of items to preserve and share worldwide through a dedicated website.”
The Heritage Channel, a monthly magazine show dedicated to sharing local heritage news through online broadcasts will take place every month.
‘The project will also provide training and workshops for local people so that they can produce content for the channel. It will aim to particularly engage young people, disabled people, and other disadvantaged groups in the hopes of increasing interest in the heritage of the area.’ NELC said.
Ted Stanley, CEO of Hammond House said: “We are grateful for this opportunity to continue broadcasting the Heritage Channel programmes which proved so popular during the recent Heritage Starter Fund pilot. I was delighted to see the level of interest in heritage subjects from the people of North East Lincolnshire with some programmes attracting over 80,000 viewers.
“We are also looking forward to providing support to other heritage organisations in Lincolnshire by telling their stories, developing skills in video production for staff and volunteers, and helping them secure funding for their projects. A very big thank you to all the people who play the National Lottery for making this possible.”
As Grimsby was once the gateway between the Viking Kingdom of Jorvik and the rest of the Viking world, ‘Great Grimsby’s Viking Journey’ will be a year-long celebration of activities for people to ‘discover legends, learn skills and express their shared Viking identity in exciting ways.’ A three-day family festival, ‘GRIM FALFEST’ will see over 100 Vikings, with long ships, arrive in Grimsby, as well as a ‘host of Viking-related fun to get hands-on with heritage.’
Julia Thompson, Chair of VESR said: “Grim the Viking is back! Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have been able to grow our project and create this brand new celebration of our town’s Viking heritage and continuing links with Scandinavia. We hope everyone will have fun meeting Grim and his Vikings.”
of pride of place for people. We hope the success of these projects will encourage more organisations in the area to come to us for funding.”
Cllr Tom Furneaux, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Heritage and the Visitor Economy at North East Lincolnshire Council.
“Our Heritage is incredibly important and working in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Heritage Lincolnshire we have enabled three local organisations to help to celebrate our roots, shared memories, and stories that have shaped Grimsby, Cleethorpes, and Immingham. I’m passionate about helping to preserve that heritage for future generations.
“These three projects together will help bring people together and showcase in fun and engaging ways to celebrate our shared heritage.’
“It’s great to see these projects grow from the Heritage Starter Fund and the connections made at the NEL Heritage Network, alongside other exciting culture and heritage projects across the Borough and I look forward to seeing more about these in the coming months!”
