‘Picture This: Marking 20 Years of Facebook & 120 Years of Photographs’, a free exhibition organised by Dr Claire Bessant from Northumbria Law School and open to all ages, will take place at the Bellingham Heritage Centre, Northumberland between the 7th and 17th of November.
This year we are delighted to announce that Santa is visiting the Heritage Centre again, despite his busy schedule!
Santa will be at the Heritage Centre on the following Saturdays:
- November the 30th
- December 7th
- December 14th
From 11 a.m. Santa will be seeing children for 5 minutes until 13:00 p.m. and starting again at 13:30 p.m. until 15:30 p.m.
We have paired up with Volunteer Week and Big Help Out again this year. The Heritage Centre is 99% volunteer run, and would not have any of the information or stories without volunteers that we’ve had past and present.
We will be opening up early on Saturday 8 June at 9:30 a.m., and staying open later until 6:00 p.m. to give people a chance to drop in and meet some of our volunteers and committee members who can discuss the different aspects of volunteering with you and the different volunteering roles which are available.
The Big Help Out: during the pandemic, millions of people volunteered to support each other through the biggest national crisis since the Second World War. This cemented volunteering as a coredriver of connection. However, in the years since the worst phase of the pandemic drew to a close, the country has seen a significant decline in volunteer numbers.The Big Help Out saw the opportunity to invite people to step forward in their communities to give their time, not money, to important causes.
The first Big Help Out, on May 8th 2023 as part of His Majesty the King and Queen’s Coronation, was a large-scale campaign that brought together the UK’s most influential volunteering organisations, and hundreds of grassroots community groups, to encourage people to try something new. 7.2million people participated!
Do come along on Saturday 8 June to find out about joining the Heritage Centre's enthusiastic volunteer team.
The AGM for 2024 (covering the financial year 2023 to 31/12/23) will be held on 17th July 2024. The AGM notice and associated papers are available here.
We are holding our Annual Classic and Vinatage Vehicle Rally on Sunday 14th of April 2024 between 10am and 4pm.
This popular event is an important fund raising event for the Heritage Centre.
In recent years we have attracted over 70 vehicles comprising cars, tractors, motor cycles and commercial vehicles. During the day a "lighthearted" competition is held with visitors and exhibitors asked to vote for the best turned out vehicle. The winner receives a cup and trophy which are donated by friends of the late Ian McInnes, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the event.
For further details please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0780 085 3475.
If you are an exhibitor application forms for entries can be downloaded here.
(Image courtesy of one of our volunteers, Mick Maughan)