We are a group of 18- 30-year-olds and early career professionals who are passionate about heritage and want to make our voices heard in the sector.
We co-produced our goals and plan our programme in order to realise them. We meet monthly and organise regular activities to help us achieve our aims.
In just over a year, we have achieved a great deal; we have hosted a Careers Pannel and Speed Mentoring event, produced regular blogs, started a podcast channel, started an advice library, and consulted and collaborated with heritage organisations. Check out our events below to see what we have planned for this year
We would love to hear from you, why not drop us an email?
Jess: Jessica.vanderdrift@heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Marissa (Scotland): Marissa.trimble@heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Izzy (Wales): Izabella.maar@heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Monday 16th October- Heritage Trust Network Conference 2023, Newcastle Gateshead
Tuesday 28th November- Take over of Historic England’s Heritage Connects, online.
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The Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum had a busy month in October. Heritage Trust Network 2023 Conference in NewcastleGateshead invited the Youth Forum to present and have a stand, here the group took the opportunity to encourage delegates to contribute to their ever-growing Advice Library. That month, The Heritage Alliance…
“Every archaeologist knows in his heart why he digs. He digs, in pity and humility, that the dead may live again, that what is past may not be forever lost, that something may be salvaged from the wreck of ages.” This quote was written by archaeologist Geoffrey Bibby, in…
I recently had the privilege of participating in an inspiring volunteering programme with European Heritage Volunteers in collaboration with Klassik Stiftung Weimar during the UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V. German World Heritage Day. The title of this remarkable initiative was “Sustainable Practices of Heritage Conservation in Times of Climate Change.” Today, as…
Just over a year ago, as the Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum was formed, we discussed our goals. This meant asking ourselves: what does heritage mean to you? Here were our thoughts and how our work over the past 12 months has grown from these ideas… Heritage is a…
What is the podcast? Brick by Brick: Understanding Heritage Projects is the podcast for anyone with any questions about the heritage sector. It’s created by the Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum so you can expect many different hosts and we invite a range of people with totally different experiences and…
People Power: Addressing the Critical Imbalance in the Heritage Sector – Written by Ellis Murrell Heritage is changing. Which is ironic really, considering that the very idea of heritage is to preserve the past as it was, for the enjoyment of the present and the future. But when I say…
The Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum are happy to announce that they have started an advice library. They hope for this to have its own page on the Heritage Trust Network website but for now it is on a Google Drive. This is so that young and early careers people…
As an undergraduate and new to heritage, one of my first classes in university spoke of repatriation. In that class, I also discovered the theory that every object has a biography and every interaction it has is vital to its story. That deserves to be recognised however, many museums have…
Finding a job that you truly love allows you to grow personally and professionally. If you know that you want to work in heritage, you’re certainly not alone. With the advice of some of our Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum members, here are five tips for getting a job in…
Have you recently seen our brand on social media and wondered what we do? We are the Heritage Trust Network Youth Forum, a group of young people passionate about getting ourselves heard in the heritage sector. We wanted to create the logo to showcase us and what we do but…
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