The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire
January 2020
Social Media for Businesses
A 2 session course...6 hours for £24, or free to new learners, concessions available. (28th January 2020 & 4th February 2020) What are the benefits of using social media for business? Consider that there are now more than 3 billion people using social networks across the globe and these people are using social media to engage with brands. But how can you, as a small business, tap into this social world and benefit from it? Join us and our…
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Maps through the Ages
A 2 session course...12 hours for £48, concessions available (3rd & 10th February 2020) Maps through the Ages The history and everyday application of navigation and map reading in partnership with the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. This two day course, to be held at Navigation Warehouse, Louth, will chronicle the development of maps and navigation throughout history, and also provide the learner with the essential skills needed to undertake self-guided walks in the Lincolnshire Wolds and beyond. The tutor…
Find out more »Conservation Areas – History, Use and How to Assess Them
A three session course...15 hours for £60, concessions available. (6th, 13th & 20th February 2020.) Join our Conservation Project Manager Matt Bentley at Fydell House, Boston for this 3 session course. The first conservation areas were designated in 1967 under the Civic Amenities Act, and there are now nearly 10,000 in England. Conservation Areas can be created where a local planning authority identifies an area of special architectural or historic interest, which deserves careful management to protect that character.…
Find out more »Riverside and Hedgerow
A 2 session course...12 hours for £48, concessions available (17th February & 24th February 2020). Riverside and Hedgerow The exploration and practical management of two linear habitat in partnership with the Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service and the Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project. Join us for this brand new course we are offering in Louth and learn about the ecology and practical management of these two linear habitats. This two-day course is a mixture of theory and practical. Combining history and…
Find out more »March 2020
Food History and Historical Cookery
A 2 session course...12 hours for £48, concessions available (Tuesday 24th & 31st March 2020) Food History & Historical Cookery Join Sadie Hirst, a Food Historian, Columnist, Public Speaker, Tutor and multi award winning artisan baker and qualified chef. She is currently studying full time for her Master’s Degree in Heritage Education at Bishop Grosseteste University. For many years Sadie has been an avid collector of recipes and cookbooks and is passionate about preserving our culinary heritage. She loves…
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Rewriting the Past
A 4 session course...16 hours for £64, concessions available. (7th, 14th, 21st & 28th April 2020) Rewriting the past Rewriting the past is a 16 hour GROW course in which Charlotte Davey and Jim Snee will show people how they use history and historical sources in creative writing, either fiction or non-fiction. In four workshops, covering such topics as research, reconstruction, the historical voice and the demands of different media, Charlotte and Jim will lead the group in…
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All about Willow
A two session course...12 hours for £48, concessions available. (7th & 14th May 2020) Blooming Crafty and Heritage Lincolnshire have collaborated to deliver this unique workshop 'All About Willow'. The course is a 12 hour workshops held over two days, here in Heckington, providing you with beginners traditional basketry skills and diverse knowledge about willow. We will cover the history of willow growing and basketry throughout Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, growing your own willow, favourite varieties of willow, harvesting, sorting…
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