Cleveland Pools Interpretation Team from the Cleveland Pools Trust
The Interpretation Team is a team of 25 volunteers and 3 staff members working to restore the UK’s oldest Lido to reopen in summer 2022. Due to the coronavirus outbreak and ongoing restrictions, the Interpretation Team was forced to work online but has helped the Trust change how they work. They have researched the history of the pools, planned display boards, worked with schools, developed films and online content, and created a heritage walking trail. The team have engaged a wide range of community groups, reaching out particularly to those who would have been otherwise isolated to share, educate and inspire. They have worked with disabled young people, creating films for care homes, inviting students to design an underwater timeline and collaborating with the community to create a new brand for the pools.
Regional Winners
- East Midlands : ‘Do You See What I See?’ Volunteers, Leicestershire Country Council Museums Service
- East of England : Museum From Home Activity Pack Volunteers, Colchester and Ipswich Museums
- London : Ham House Garden Guides, Ham House, The National Trust, Richmond
Highly Commended Certificates: Object Talks Volunteer Team, Jewish Museum London and Friends of Kenwood Talk Programme Volunteer Team, Kenwood House
- North-East : The Volunteer Team at Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery, Northumberland
- North-West : Philosophy Café Volunteer Team, Manchester Art Gallery and ‘Stories we Share’ Volunteer Team, Manchester Art Gallery
- Northern Ireland : Ian Sinclair, Whitehead Railway Museum
- Scotland: Edinburgh Living History Group, Museum of Edinburgh
Highly Commended Certificate: John Rattenbury, Burrell Volunteer Guide Organiser, Glasgow Museums
- South-East : Diving Deep; HMS Invincible 1744, The National Museum of the Royal Navy
Highly Commended Certificate: Dacorum Heritage Trust Young Volunteers, Hertfordshire
- South-West : Cleveland Pools Trust Interpretation Team, Cleveland Pools Trust, Bath
- Wales : Sam Powell, Egypt Centre, Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Swansea
Highly Commended Certificate: Sophie Marie Woolgar, Firing Line Museum, Cardiff
- West Midlands : ‘Reminiscence Team’ Volunteers, Birmingham Back to Backs, Birmingham
- Yorkshire : Museums by Mail Volunteer Team, Sheffield Museums Trust, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield and Preservative Party Youth Group, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Leeds City Museum