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\"EmptyIn March this year, we awarded 10\u00a0museums\u00a0\u00a320,560 in funding as part of our Green Grants Programme\u00a0to support them to engage audiences and communities with issues related to the climate emergency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Green Grants were created using funds from\u00a0Arts Council England<\/a>. The scheme has funded a diverse range of projects that are engaging with the climate emergency in a variety of different ways. The 10\u00a0museums are now halfway through the Green Grants Programme, we touched base with Chippenham Museum<\/strong>, The Wilson<\/strong> and REME Museum<\/strong> to see how they’re getting on.<\/p>\n

For their project, Chippenham Museum<\/strong> are working with young people to explore the museum collections for information on historic climate change.\u00a0So far, a group of 10 secondary school students have spent a week\u00a0researching groups of objects to see what stories they told about our changing attitudes and awareness of environmental issues. The group photographed chosen objects and wrote labels to explain their findings to be used and will be used in a display which will be touring the town\u2019s secondary schools this month.<\/p>\n

The Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0have created\u00a0an exhibition with young people on throw-away fashion, called \u201cBreak the Cycle\u201d.\u00a0 They\u00a0ran\u00a0workshops with\u00a0National Star College, young carers at\u00a0Jolt Studios in Gloucestershire, as well as with\u00a0members of the Youth Climate Panel, before deciding\u00a0that their\u00a0takeaway message from the exhibition should be the impact that denim production has on\u00a0resources. The centrepiece of the final exhibition was a\u00a0denim waterfall which cascaded from the ceiling, accompanied by photos and footage of the workshops with young people.\u00a0The Wilson\u00a0had at least 2,000 visitors to the gallery in the first week of reopening\u00a0while the exhibition was on.<\/p>\n

REME Museum <\/strong>have been\u00a0using their green grant to purchase mature plants for their Dig for Victory kitchen garden, which will provide vegetables for the museum caf\u00e9, as well as\u00a0wildflower seeds for their wildflower garden. To begin with,\u00a0considerable preparatory work was carried out by\u00a0the REME Corps\u00a0holdover troops, including\u00a0levelling\u00a0the ground,\u00a0creating\u00a0paths around the Dig for Victory garden, as well as a seating area in the middle of the wildflower garden. They also built the planting boxes in which the vegetables will grow and moved them into position.\u00a0Royal Wootton Bassett Men\u2019s Shed have agreed to build bird boxes, insect hotels and a bench for the museum.\u00a0Wiltshire Wood Recycling of Castle Coombe have already agreed to supply some bird boxes and insect hotels.<\/p>\n

All of the projects play a vital role in kick-starting important conversations about the climate emergency in local communities.\u00a0Green Grants is part of South West Museum Development\u2019s Environmental Sustainability programme, which includes\u00a0training and skills<\/a>\u00a0and the Museum Development England\u00a0Roots and Branches project<\/a> in partnership with the Carbon Literacy Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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