Staffordshire History Centre: Connecting people to collected stories and heritage of Staffordshire

Staffordshire Archives and Heritage (SAH) is working in partnership (lead partner) with the William Salt Library Trust (Registered Charity no. 528570) to deliver an exciting Heritage Lottery Funded Project (HLF).

The Staffordshire History Centre Project (SHC) will connect people to the collected stories and heritage of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, the Midlands and beyond. We will deliver a rejuvenated, accessible and sustainable Archives and Heritage Service by preserving collections and heritage buildings currently at risk and will develop new audiences for our heritage, both online and onsite. The transformed service will provide new opportunities to volunteer and engage with collections in different ways. We will achieve this by an Active Partnership with our committed stakeholders, where they are involved at the highest level in managing the service and making decisions. We will develop a major heritage attraction for Stafford and improve the public realm of the town, capitalising on recent changes that bring more people past our front door.

Following official permission to start from Heritage Lottery Fund earlier this month, we are now looking to appoint a number of consultants to work on aspects of the Staffordshire History Centre Project Development Phase.   These roles include:

Business Planning and Fundraising

Activity Planning and Active Partnership framework

Conservation Management Planning

The work specifications (attached) and full details of how to submit proposals can be found on Staffordshire County Council's procurement portal - the link to our e-tendering system is: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login