Fans score with The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Today, The Fans Museum is delighted to announce the award of a £99,080 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The grant will enable us to create two full-time posts – in the Technology and Commercial fields – that will see us begin to digitise The Fans Museum’s collection, saving it for the future and transforming access, and expand our commercial offerings to help secure the Museum’s financial future.
The Fans Museums collection of sporting memorabilia is unique, and vast, reflecting the history of football, and the connectivity between sporting heritage and our communities. Without this funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund it could be lost forever and it’s stories remain unheard.
The National Lottery funded project will allow us to create two new paid roles that will see us start to digitally catalogue and record the collection for posterity, as well as expand our commercial activities which will create income streams to ensure our sustainable future.
To facilitate this, we will create a ‘digital hub’ where volunteers, social groups and schools will be able to take part in the project through digital first and training events, removing the barriers and gaps in IT skills – allowing even more people to enjoy and play a part in securing our heritage collection.
The Fans Museum will soon be advertising the new opportunities which you can view here:
https://fansmuseum.org/opportunities/
Michael Ganley, the Founder of The Fans Museum said:
“We are thrilled to have received this FANStastic support from The National Heritage Fund that will have a huge impact on the development and sustainability of the Museum and the impact it will have on the communities in which we operate. I’d like to extend my thanks to all National Lottery players – we are truly blessed to have received their support”.
Helen Featherstone, Director, England, North at The National Lottery Heritage Fund said:
“We are delighted that thanks to National Lottery players, this award will support the digitisation of The Fans Museum’s incredible sporting heritage collection. It is exciting to know that the collection will be widely accessible online and engage more audiences with the history of football.”
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
As the largest dedicated funder of the UK’s heritage, The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future as set out in our strategic plan, Heritage 2033.
Over the next ten years, we aim to invest £3.6billion raised for good causes by National Lottery players to bring about benefits for people, places and the natural environment.
We help protect, transform and share the things from the past that people care about, from popular museums and historic places, our natural environment and fragile species, to the languages and cultural traditions that celebrate who we are.
We are passionate about heritage and committed to driving innovation and collaboration to make a positive difference to people’s lives today, while leaving a lasting legacy for future generations to enjoy.
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