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Allison's success
OUR Community Learning Officer,
Allison Horrobin
(right), has started the second of her three years with us. She is busy organising
successful events as part of a
project aimed at attracting more people to the museum. (See
this page).
Allison gained a BA (hons) degree in history at York University and
an M.A. degree in Museum Studies at Manchester University.
Museum Curator, Sue Pritchard, said: “Allison has done some very
impressive projects around Manchester - at the Whitworth Art Gallery and
the Museum of Science and Industry."
WHEN she came to the Museum, Allison said: "It is a tremendous
privilege to be granted this position; especially after the hard
work that went into securing the HLF grant.
"I
am excited by all of the fantastic education projects which we will
be putting on over the next three years.
"I want everyone and anyone to
know that they can come into the museum and enjoy the fantastic
exhibitions we put on and collections we look after. I intend to get
educational and fun activities on for all types of visitor: infants,
school groups, teenagers, college and university students, mums,
dads and grandparents.
"This is such a beautiful
town, packed with history and areas of interest. We want the museum
to reflect the diversity of past, present and future Nantwich,
and I will work hard to ensure the museum and events will appeal to
as broad and diverse an audience and community as possible."
ALLISON'S post is being financed by a £80,000
grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to produce a specially-tailored
programme of activities for children of all ages, families, newcomers,
local history enthusiasts and older residents in the Borough.
The Chairman of Nantwich Museum Trust, Robert Stones, said: "I was
hugely impressed with the standard and quality of applicants for the
Community Learning Officer post. The final five short-listed candidates
were interviewed at the museum by a panel which I chaired.
“It would be appropriate for me to use this opportunity to thank
all those involved for their help in finding a most suitable person to
undertake what will be a new and important role in the town over the
next three years.
“Allison is clearly very motivated about Nantwich Museum and all
that it stands for. Not only did she graduate from the two universities,
but she is also a qualified snow board and ski instructor. I believe
that her assertive approach and passion for teaching will be most
effective.
“I wish her every success in the new post and offer her and Sue
Pritchard my full support in the project.”
SUE outlined Allison’s four-fold task:
1, To produce new exciting modules for schools with Key Stage 1 (infants
and primary), Key Stage 2 and possibly Key Stage 3 (secondary schools) -
attracting more school parties to the museum.
2, To produce a programme of family activities and events. There will be
a series of at least 12 different events during the year at half term,
weekends, etc.
3, To go out into the community, picking up on things that have not been
previously explored – perhaps involving groups within the Borough who
have not visited the museum before.
4, Sustainability: Attracting more people to work with Allison so that
when the three years of the project are up there will be an established
programme with a trained group of volunteers.
Sue said: “Now that Allison is in post, potential volunteers can
come to meet her at the museum. They can observe a session, and find out
what skills – which they probably don’t realise they have – may be useful.”
lClick
here to read about events that Allison is
organising.
SCHOOLS:
Contact Allison at the Museum (see Contacts
page about how to do that).
lIF
you would like to be considered as a volunteer to work with the
Community Learning Officer, please contact the Curator, Mrs Susan
Pritchard. See the
Contacts page for the telephone number, etc. |
