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Hi all, Please see the following press release which may be of interest. Lisa Keys AHI Secretary and Trustee www.ahi.org.uk<http://www.ahi.org.uk> AHI 2015 Discover Heritage Awards – Winners Announced The Association for Heritage Interpretation<http://www.ahi.org.uk/> is delighted to announce the winners of the AHI 2015 Discover Heritage Awards – for excellence in cultural and natural heritage interpretation in Britain and Ireland – sponsored by Geosho<http://geosho.com/>. During an exciting AHI Awards ceremony, AHI Patron Loyd Grossman announced the seven winners in front of a large audience of heritage interpreters from across the UK and Ireland. Loyd said “This year's award winners showed a wide range of exciting and innovative interpretation all aimed at helping the public to get more enjoyment, more education and more benefit from our outstanding natural and cultural heritage.” The winning projects were The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre, English Heritage’s presentation of the 1930’s rooms at Eltham Palace, a First World War memorial in Walkley Community Centre, Big Heritage’s Roman Medicine Roadshow and a mobile phone app in Brecon Beacons National Park to help visitors ‘walk’ with Romans. Bannockburn then won the award for overall best project because it innovatively blends digital technology and human guides to create a visitor experience like no other. It successfully explains a complicated medieval battle in an engaging and fully immersive way that has learning at the heart of the experience. AHI Fellow James Carter received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for his thirty-year career commitment to the development of interpretation across all key areas of the discipline. Bill Bevan, AHI Vice-Chair said “The winners demonstrate how interpreters can bring the past or the natural world alive. They represent the best examples of how to communicate the exciting heritage of Britain and Ireland to visitors and communities, whether it is a nationally iconic monument, a grand moment in history or a locally significant place.” The AHI Discover Heritage Awards are the only UK and Irish awards to recognise excellence in all types and sizes of heritage interpretation whether held in museums, historic buildings, visitor centres or any type of outdoor location. Any form of media is suitable including exhibition, print, digital, art or live. An eligible project can be small or large. Whether it is a new leaflet or a million-pound visitor centre (or anything in between), the awards celebrate projects that best meet their interpretive aims and successfully communicate their key messages to their audiences. The full list of winners, runners up and commended entries can be found at http://www.ahi.org.uk/www/awards/categories. They are: Landscapes, forests, nature reserves, parks and gardens, sponsored by The Way<http://thewaydesign.co.uk>. Winner: Walking with Romans mobile phone app - Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Living Data Labs. Runner up: Blaenavon Ironworks, a landscape re:imagined, Blaenavon – Cadw and Bright 3D. Museums and Historic Properties/Sites, sponsored by Bright 3D<http://we-are-bright.com>. Winner: Re-Presenting Eltham Palace, Greenwich – English Heritage and ATS Heritage. Runners up: Glorious Georges, Queen's State Apartments, Hampton Court Palace – Historic Royal Palaces. SS Nomadic & Hamilton Dock, Belfast – Nomadic Charitable Trust and Tandem Partners. Commended: The Jackie Clarke Collection, Co. Mayo – Mayo County Council and Marttello Media. Visitors Welcome at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury - The Churches Conservation Trust. Visitor / Interpretation Centres, sponsored by Bett Associates<http://www.bettassociates.com>. Winner: Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Stirling – The National Trust for Scotland and Bright White. Runner up, Judges’ Special Mention: Langham Dome Visitor Centre, Holt - North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust and Ugly Studios. Runners up: Queen’s View Visitor Centre, Loch Tummel, Nr Pitlochry – Forestry Commission Scotland. Stonehenge Environmental Improvements Project, Amesbury – English Heritage. Commended: The King Richard III Visitor Centre, Leicester – Leicester City Council. The Guildhall, Derry~Londonderry – Derry City Council and Tandem Partners. Community Projects, sponsored by Canal and River Trust<https://canalrivertrust.org.uk>. Winner: Nine Men, Nine Lives, One Great War, Sheffield – Walkley Community Centre and inHeritage. Runners up: Stori Aberaeron Story, Aberaeron - Cymdeithas Aberaeron Society. Tideswell History Box, Tideswell, Derbyshire – Tideswell Living History Group. AHI Award for Excellence in Interpretation Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Stirling AHI Lifetime Achievement Award James Carter FAHI FOR FURTHER INFO ABOUT THE AWARDS Visit the Awards pages<http://www.ahi.org.uk/www/awards> on the AHI website to see the shortlist and commendations. FOR PRESS AND PUBLICITY ENQUIRIES Please contact Bill Bevan, Vice-Chair, Association for Heritage Interpretation<http://www.ahi.org.uk/>. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 01629 825252. ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION FOR HERITAGE INTERPRETATION (AHI) The Association for Heritage Interpretation is a key forum for anyone interested in interpretation – the art of helping people explore and appreciate our world. AHI believes that interpretation enriches our lives through engaging emotions, enhancing experiences and deepening understanding of places, people, events and objects from the past and present. AHI aims to promote excellence in the practice and provision of interpretation and to gain wider recognition of interpretation as a professional activity. The Association for Heritage Interpretation works to: · Encourage excellence in interpretation · Promote professionalism in interpretation · Facilitate discussion and exchange of ideas · Support a wide range of organisations in their service to visitors · Develop and recognise best practice AHI's activities AHI offers a focus for ideas, debate and networking. We bring together people actively involved or concerned with interpretation of natural and cultural heritage. Some work as interpretation or heritage officers, rangers or countryside managers, others as designers or illustrators, planners, teachers, curators, consultants, academics or in many other professions with an interest in our heritage. Members work for government agencies, local authorities, museums and galleries, charitable trusts, colleges and universities or tourism organisations, or they run their own businesses. Many university and college libraries are also members. If you’re working, training or just keenly interested in heritage interpretation, then AHI is for you. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +