From the Council:

Stockport Council has beaten off national competition to secure a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £269,000 to provide work placements in the local heritage sector. HLF’s Skills for the Future programme aims to provide new training opportunities for unemployed people across the UK seeking a career in heritage.

Paid training places will be available from the autumn at a range of sites including Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport Heritage Library and various museums, as well as alongside Stockport’s many voluntary heritage groups. The placements, which will be a year long, will teach trainees practical skills like traditional horticulture, conservation, document archiving and management of collections. For further information please visit www.hlf.org.uk.