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(} J t I ri 6R["TJL'HALL r . .l rAi Ft AttD h'0RrH00t[ I t tl rrotluil 0r ilo[f0lr un Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, part of Norfolk Museums Service. Update for Gressenhall Parish Council May 2019 1. EvEnts & Activities This past year we have been busy delivering our broad programme of events, ranging from Days with a Difference - small scale themed events where additional activities are on offer alongside our permanent offer, to Special Event days - major events which attract a wider audience and significant additional activities on offer. We have also opened for specially programmed, pre-bookable & ticketed events outside our normal opening season - speciflcally Victorian Famity Christmason 20'n & 21't December 2018 and opening between 18'n & 22d February 2019 to coincide with the schools half term. The events programme, as always, has proven very popular attracting large audiences with our Vitlage at War 2018 event attracting circa 3000 visitors across the two-days. Special Event days for 2019 include: ' Retro Revivalon Monday 27'n May ' Viltage at Waron Sunday 25" & Monday 26th August t Appte Day on Sunday 13tn October Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse will also be participating in national programmes offering free admission in 2019: Open Farm Sunday in June, working with the County Farms team, and Heritage Open Day in September. Our 2019 event programme is already undenuay, with full details available on the museum website www. m u seu ms. norfolk. gov. u k/G resse n ha I I 2. Projects & Developments Following the successful grant award af f.1.47m (79o/o') from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Voices from the Workhouse project, the redeveloped workhouse spaces were formally launched in July 2016 with the new final displays within the first floor Collections Gallery being formally launched on 10 March 2A18. This marked the end of the main activity plan relating to the Voices from the Workhouse project although, a number of discrete projects have continued over the summer following conversations with the Heritage Lottery Fund. These include: ' a digital marketing camPaign ' additional interactives for the Collections Gallery . some minor display improvements to the Transport Gallery in the Back Hall These display improvements included new panels, barriers and a refreshed layout of the large wheeled vehicles. As part of the new Collections Gallery, a dedicated temporary exhibition space has been created to house an annual show. Last year's exhibition Beer and Brewing - Narfolk's Rurat Pubswas very popular, including a real bar and objects relating to beer and brewing in Norfolk, alongside contemporary thoughts about the future of rural pubs. The 2019 exhibition, Once lJpon a Time, opened on 10th March 2019. This co-curated exhibition has been created by volunteers, staff, visitors and local library users. lt asks the same question of visitors across all age ranges - what's your favourite children's book? Filled with nostalgic favourites, modern classics and strange new worlds, Once Upon a Iime celebrates Norfolk authors past and present, has a Reading Forest and a Story Den fllled with interactives, stories and multi-sensory toys to engage with. A realfamily friendly experience. The theme for next years' exhibition is Full Steam Ahead and will have a steam punk style - exhibits and content are currently in development. A firm favourite with families, our play area continues to be a very popular destination for children of all ages. Originally installed in 2000, we are currently in the planning stages of a major redevelopment of the children's play area which will be launched at the start of the new season in 2020. 3. Learning & Outreaeh The museum's formal learning programme continues to attract over 10,000 schoolchildren per yeaf and feedback from our events continues to be excellent, with particular praise going to our literacy focused events for primary schoolchildren. Plans are currently being developed for our 13th annual Family Fun event in partnership with NCC Family Placement and Adoption Services to be held in June 2019. This event is incredibly important as a means to allow foster families to meet family placement staff and each other in a safe environment. We have also been working with NCC Early Help, CAMHS and members of the Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) community to offer a wellbeing day for GRT families on the 15'h May. The day will offer free entry to GRT families to the museum to engage in a series of family-friendly activities delivered by museum and local service providers. These activities will be accompanied by information detailing the services which members of the GRT community are able to access This year we will be repeating our events for children in receipt of support from NCC Virtual School Sensory Support in September 2019, again offering engaging activities to allow families and children to have a safe space in which they can meet each other and their support staff. We are also running an event day for KS2 children from mainstream schools who are hearing impaired in April. The aim would to be allow these children, who are frequently the only children in their class wearing hearing technology, the chance to meet and work alongside other children with similar technology. 4. Friends & Volunteers Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse continues to benefit from the support of around 120 volunteers. The votunteers are organised into specialist teams acrose several areas, providing the expertise and resources required for many of our ongoing projects. ln 2017, the Friends of Gressenhall generously agreed to support a project to restore the Farmers' Foundry engine boiler (formerly part of the Bygones Collection at Holkham) back to working use, ihis was in addition to a grant of t19,788 from the Arts Council England Preservation of lndustrialand Scientific Material (PRISM) fund- lnitial conservation work identified that additional resources were required to make the engine fully operational and an application submitted to the Arts Council England lnvestment Fund has been successful. This will enable additional conservation work to be carried out and the volunteer team to be supported to create a portfolio of volunteering opportunities which in turn delivers more diversity within the teams working with the engine during 2019. The engine should be hack in steam at Gressenhall in 2CI20. Annette Lightford Operations $upport Officer - Norfolk Museums Service Email : Annette. lightford@norfolk. gov. uk h Following the past two/three years when there were some significant Committee member turnarounds, we are pleased that during ZAl'8lD there have been no changes to the Committee membership. Listed below is more detailed information on the various functions undertaken by the Committee: 1. Advertising . The amount of space allocated to the adverts is fixed in order to keep an even balance between information and the adverts. However, if content of articles supplied is limited then the balance can be biased in favour of advertising space. We have a steady flow of adverts coming in and going out and we operate a waiting list from time to time. For the moment we have two prospective advertisers waiting for space. 2, Sub*."iptions and distrihution . 580 magazines are printed each month, which includes 70+ copies delivered each month to both Longham and wendling villages. The Gressenhall shop continues to be an important source for readers wishing to buy a copy and who are not on a distribution lis! including residents in BeetleY. r We are very grateful to our nefwork of 15 distributors who deliver them to various households every month. Thanks to Molly Crisp for delivering to the distributors and to Pam Chatley for managing subscriptions. 3. r.ayout ' We regularly produce the front and back pages in colour' . From time to time the cenffe pages are in colour in order to give emphasis to main village events, such aS the summer fete and Chrisfinas celebrations on the Green' o Thanks to Pamela Neile for her creative work in laying out the magazine. 4. Production . 12 issues have been produced in the last fwelve months, ranging in size from 44 to 64 pages. Many people and clubs contribute regularly every month but particular thanks go to Barbara Sanderson for Gressenhall news, Malcom Wood and Sue Douglas for Longham news and Molly Gooch for Wendling news. ' Thanks must also go to Harlequin Print for producing the magazine in time each month. 5. Firuo"* ' We maintained a constant healthy bank balance during 2018 and to date. t Revenue is split approximately 60140 advertising to subscription. t The income from the adverts enables us to produce the magazine and improve it &om time to time with coloured pages. ' The purpose of the magazine is to help improve the community spirit and not to solely make a profit. Therefore, when requested we aim to donate to specific projects and can report that in 2018 we made a donation of S250 to the WWl 'Tommy'Memorial. 6. Committee Members Simon & Jane Cooper Advertising Molly Crisp Distibution Barbara Sanderson Gressenhall Village People News PamelaNeile Layout & Production Pam Chatley Subscriptions BEPORT rOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL-MEETING Or GRESSpIIIIALL PARISH COUNCIL MAY 2OI9 GRESSENHALL TETE COMMITTEE The Gressenhall Fete Committee have, once again, had a busy year. This kicked off with a fabulous Grand Fete in June 2018. Although the weather was not as good as in previous years, the village and local people supported the event well both in the afternoon and evening. The Grand Switch On of Christmas Lights took place in early December on The Green, again a well attended and eqioyable event. The Christmas Tree was lit up on the Green throughout the month of December which provided a wonderful sight.