Excellent news! Well done all! On Thu, 18 Mar 2021, 14:53 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi Lewis > > Many thanks for your email and for your interest in the project! > > Obviously the press release and social media announcements around the > grant are by necessity short on detail, although the application itself was > much more comprehensive. But to clarify, this won't be a pot of cash that > other organisations can apply to Wikimedia UK for. Instead, we will be > recruiting a person and a half (i.e one full time and one part time post) > to work with the existing staff team to plan and deliver a programme of > activity for and with heritage organisations, which will include: > > > - > > A webinar programme enabling a wide range of stakeholders within the > sector to increase their understanding of the case for open knowledge, as > well as practical issues relating to open licensing. We're hoping to reach > up to 100 organisations through this element of the programme. > - > > We will work in a more collaborative, in-depth way with up to 20 > organisations, with whom we will plan and deliver bespoke editing events or > other workshops to develop new skills and improve the coverage of their > heritage on the Wikimedia projects. In practice, we envisage that these 20 > organisations will come through the webinar programme, but that won't > necessarily be the case for all of them. > - > > We will identify between two and four organisations to work in a more > in-depth way to develop and embed more open policies and practice, with > sustained intervention and support along the lines of our existing > residency model. > > > There will be a focus on heritage which is underrepresented on Wikimedia, > and we may narrow this focus down further to specific groups. We will share > more information about this as we develop our thinking, now that the > funding is confirmed. We don't currently have any project partners in mind > and will focus in the first instance on recruiting for the new posts. > Again, we will share information about that through this mailing list. > > Best wishes > Lucy > > > > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 13:04, Lewis Cawte <lewisca...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> Any funding is great news for the chapter and well done to everyone >> involved in getting the award. >> >> Having read both the National Lottery and WMUK, it seems to fall short on >> anything particularly specific on what the funds will be spent on? >> Presumably, the chapter had some provisional/speculative ideas of >> organisations and programmes it would assign funds to when it put itself >> forward for this pot of cash? Are there existing projects that the chapter >> expects this money to help extend/expand, what is considered >> "underrepresented cultural heritage". >> >> Apologies if this stuff is available elsewhere, I'm a bit out of the loop >> with chapter happenings, and I've only gotten (back) into the content side >> of things really since October-ish. >> >> -- Lewis Cawte >> >> >> >> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 12:33, Natasha Iles <natasha.i...@wikimedia.org.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Please join us in celebrating the announcement today that Wikimedia UK >>> is one of twelve projects being supported through The National Lottery >>> Heritage Fund and the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund. >>> >>> Please read our Press Release <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> or >>> follow on social Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK/>, >>> twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, instagram >>> <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. >>> Coverage is also on The National Lottery Heritage Fund website >>> <https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/digital-skills-projects-will-support-resilience-and-creativity-heritage-sector> >>> . >>> >>> Many thanks and best wishes >>> Natasha >>> >>> -- >>> Natasha Iles MCIOF (Dip) >>> >>> Head of Development & Communications >>> Wikimedia UK >>> <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> >>> *Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/>* is the national chapter >>> for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. >>> Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by >>> Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. >>> Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, >>> London SE1 0NZ >>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> >>> . >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> > > Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for > the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by > Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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