In 2015-2016 the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts (WATs) are celebrating their collective 40th anniversaries with a range of celebratory activities. As one of these activities the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust will be establishing a fund that will be used solely to provide support and encouragement to young people living in south Wales who are interested in our local archaeological heritage and in the practice of archaeology in general.
The fund will allow us to increase opportunities for young persons to engage with archaeology. For example it would be used to support the establishment or activities of Young Archaeologist Clubs, or development and distribution of learning materials, or meet the costs for work-place learning experience, or support activities with schools or registered youth groups.
We will be raising monies over the next twelve months through sponsored activities and donations. For the first of one of these our Outreach Officer Paul Huckfield has undertaken a sponsored cycle ride around Wales, stopping at each of the four WATs offices along with notable historic and archaeological sites on his journey. He has posted a daily blog with details of the sites he visited on the Trusts social media streams and you can view is route via his Strava feed, displayed on our Facebook site.
Please check out our social media to view his epic journey!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glamorgan-Gwent-Archaeological-Trust/2417...
http://ggatblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/youth-heritage-fund.html
https://ggat.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/GGAT
Please sponsor Paul here (link below) and also if you wish to help us to support the young people in south Wales engage and gain new skills and experiences in heritage.
To donate please follow link https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/glamorgan-gwentarchaeologicaltrust#
