Award season is continuing with the latest organisation to be rewarded being Crich Tramway Village who were given awards at the recent Derbyshire Heritage Awards. The awards were in the Young People in Heritage category and were for Excellence and for the Young Persons Development Programme.
In Crich’s submission two of the young volunteers who were cited were Cameron Sharp and Sam Burton Smith who have been regularly attending the Museum and have become some of the youngest volunteers. For Cameron this has seen him become the youngest tram driver and is also a Duty Engineer whilst Sam has helped out in the workshop as well as becoming a conductor.
In addition to these awards Crich was also Highly Commended in the “Best Volunteer Project” category for the Electric 50 event which took place in September 2014.
Dr Mike Galer, General Manager at Crich, said: “We are delighted to have achieved recognition through the Derbyshire Heritage Awards for Excellence, Young People in Heritage and for being Highly Commended for the Best Volunteer Project. Our submissions were the result of staff and volunteers working together successfully to provide a fantastic, customer friendly venue, which is home to the National Tramway Museum. We are very proud of all our volunteers and positively encourage and welcome young people to add to their skills, which can help prepare them for future work roles.”
The 9th Annual Derbyshire Heritage Awards took place at Cromford Mills on 9th October and were judged by Joy Hales (Editor, Derbyshire Life Magazine), Franne Wills (Head of Service: Development, Communities and Wellbeing Service, Leicestershire County Council) and Sir Richard FitzHerbert (Chief Executive of Tissington Hall).