Operation Heritage East Midlands

The delegates heard an inspiring presentation from Sarah McLeod, director of Wentworth Woodhouse and former CEO of Cromford Mills describing how she became CEO at Cromford and sharing her tips for successful project delivery. Sarah is also Chair of Heritage Trust Network (HTN) and Benjamin Parker, Development Officer at HTN demonstrated the new online Toolkit, showing the stages of a heritage project, illustrated with case studies. 

There was lots of networking between delegates, sharing their stories, finding others with similar problems and discussing solutions. Trustees from different groups shared their experiences and highlighted the benefits  of being a trustee. 

Operation Heritage East Midlands continues over the next year with a series of workshops, focussed on specific topics (which were discussed at the launch) to enable groups to take their projects forward.