As you will have seen from previous blogs, newsletters and social media posts we applied to the National Lottery Heritage fund for a grant to put towards the costs of the Heritage project. I am delighted to inform you that the grant application for £4400 was successful and we have now started the process of getting the funds released. This money will join the other grants that we have received from two Bluntisham groups – The Saywell’s School Charity donated £250 and the Village 100 Club an additional £300. Our thanks go to both of these organisations as their donations enabled the project to get off the ground.
These grants will be used to improve the look and functionality of the website, a more sophisticated cataloging system, IT equipment, DTP software and publications. It means that we can really crack on with developing our website and the project as a whole.
We have added more photos, with lots more to be added, and we have also added some information on the Path Finder March that passes through the village each year. Which is very informative and well worth a read.
We continue to receive contributions and we have offers of lots more. Thank you again to everyone for embracing the project. One of our aims is to increase the feeling of community by linking the past with the present. This week we have been able to introduce the owners of a house on the High Street to the man that was born in their house in 1939. He’s going round for a tour of how it looks now and is looking forward to sharing his memories of how it was when he was young with them – which is what its all about I guess.
Thank you again
Philippa 14.08.2019
