Dear Friends,
 
SCOTTISH HERITAGE ANGEL AWARDS
 
Local community organisations across Scotland are invited to nominate heritage volunteers and voluntary groups for the Scottish Heritage Angel Awards.   The deadline is Friday 12 August 2016.  The Awards are free to enter.
 
Now in its second year, the awards scheme, funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, celebrates the important efforts of volunteers or 'Angels' in helping to better understand, protect and value Scotland's heritage and history.
 
Last year's inaugural awards saw over 80 nominations being received for heritage volunteers across the length and breadth of the country. The initiative, the first of its kind in Scotland, highlighted a range of worthwhile voluntary projects, activities and individuals. It celebrated everything from the recording of 3,500 gravestones and memorials in a garden cemetery to an individual's commitment to archaeology, which spanned more than 20 years.
 
This year's awards will also take the opportunity to recognise the valuable contributions that young people make to the wider historic environment, with a new category for 2016. Entries are now being welcomed for the Young Heritage Angel Award, along with the returning categories.
 
The five Scottish Heritage Angel Awards categories are:
 
•           Investigating and Recording
•           Caring and Protecting
•           Sharing and Celebrating
•           Young Heritage Angel Award
•           Lifetime Contribution to the Historic Environment
 
For full details of the Awards, including application form, guidelines and films of last year’s shortlisted nominations visit www.scottishheritageangelawards.org.uk or contact:
 
Scottish Heritage Angel Awards
c/o Scottish Civic Trust
The Tobacco Merchant's House
42 Miller Street
Glasgow G1 1DT
 
Tel: 0141 221 1466
Email: shaa@scottishcivictrust.org.uk

THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS FRIDAY 12 AUGUST 2016

Click here for information on how to enter