Our Veterans' Community
It's still Armed Forces week and today we celebrate our veteran community. The Museum has a good rapport with local veterans which has strengthened over the years. Last year we worked with veterans who had served in Afghanistan who helped us put together an exhibition to share their stories. We have hosted veteran groups, provided talks, done guided tours and have gone to their meetings. We are proud to be involved with the veteran community. In 2018, as part of our Lest We Forget project funding, we used HLF money to start a veterans lunch club. We held a one-off Christmas meal the year before, but we wanted to provide a relaxing, welcoming venue for veterans to meet like-minded folk. Although it started cautiously, we have developed this into a format that works. There is a small charge to cover costs, we have a dedicated team of volunteers that run the event, we hold the lunches on the same Monday each month. Except December. Now December is a different ball game. The Christmas...
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