A focus on young people
It has been a busy couple of months with an intern, an apprentice and a work experience student joining the project. Following the pandemic, where opportunities for young people were limited, we felt it important to make sure that young people could be part of our project. They bring an insight and fresh perspective we might not have thought of, as well as adding talent and skills which we lack.
Bailey joins us an administrative apprentice helping out with lots of activities.
Bailey joins us as an apprentice for a year. He is learning about digital content and marketing as well as doing general administration and office work. Grace joined us from high school where she will sit her GCSE’s next year. She helped with creating some digital content for our web and Twitter feeds. Both Bailey and Grace helped out with volunteer training which all the volunteers enjoyed.
Grace showing a group our Civil War cannonball from 1642.
This month we will be joined by two Phd students. Josh is from the White Rose College for the Arts and Humanities - a formal academic collaboration between York, Sheffield and Leeds universities. He’ll be with us at the end of July for the archeology days where he’ll be bringing his knowledge of early devotional spaces to light through workshops centred on our 15th century Rhineland bowl.
Stephen, studying for a Phd at the university of York in archaeology, will join is part-time throughout the summer to assist with engagement activities and interpretation. We’re looking forward to seeing him on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. He’ll be sharing some of his knowledge of Hull and East Riding archeology and helping our volunteers develop visitor guides around our special objects.
Hull Minster E-book Primary schools
We’ve got our first large school group coming in this month to celebrate the glory of stained glass. 65 of Adelaide Primary School’s year 5’s will join us for the day to explore, design and create stained glass in variety of media.
This month, we say CONGRATULATIONS to the PGCE students of the University of Hull as their graduate this month and start their teaching careers. Their wonderful E-books, created as part of their study time with us are available on the website by clicking here. 70 students learnt how churches can be used as an education resource so we hope they feel brave to keep exploring them in their new schools.
Shirley, our new Volunteering Manager, has visited schools and Hull College to recruit some 16-21 year old volunteers to help at Hull Minster. Volunteering hours can be counted towards Duke of Edinburgh ‘service’ and provide a great way to improve interpersonal skills, heritage knowledge and employability.
Click here to find out about the events we have on this summer, or to contact Shirley to volunteer.
