Volunteers - GADDFAS

Grantham & District Decorative
& Fine Arts Society
Affiliated to NADFAS at Area and National Levels

Heritage Volunteers

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GADDFAS forges fruitful , successful and rewarding Partnerships not only in the development of YOUNG ARTS PROJECTS but also in the work of HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS

• Belvoir Castle Book Conservation. From 2003, under professional guidance, a group began work conserving, repairing and recording over 8000 books both in the small and large libraries. It is anticipated that the entire work will take over 8 years to complete.

• Textiles at St Wulfram’s Church, Grantham. From 2003 a small group of experienced needlewomen has completed non-invasive work under the direction of a Diocesan Textile Advisor. Funded by the Friends of St. Wulfram’s, altar cloths, frontals and copes have been repaired and their storage facilities improved.

During 2009 further help has been deemed necessary and the group is likely to be reconvened.

•Archives at St. Wulfram’s Church, Grantham.In connection with a large project to set up a Heritage funded Information Centre in the North Porch, we have been involved in the conservation and the catalogue of church archives. Training was provided in what promised to be a major task. Individual members offered skills in a range of other tasks.

•Grantham House and the National Trust. During the last tenancy Volunteers assisted at openings times and special occasions for visitors.