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from Local History News
Travel to make a difference. Each year the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust offers opportunities for British citizens to travel overseas to undertake study projects related to their trade, profession or particular interest. They widen their experience, make contacts abroad and bring back knowledge to this country to the benefit of their work, their community and the UK as a whole. Many people are unaware that these Travelling Fellowships are available to applicants of any age, and from all walks of life, irrespective of academic or professional qualifications. Travel and living expenses are all paid for, to cover an overseas visit of 4 8 weeks. There is a special section for young people aged 18 25, and otherwise nine categories are available for 2009 applications, including Writers: journalists, authors, biographers and historians. The closing date for applications is 14 October 2008. Further details are available on their website www.wcmt.org.uk or Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 15 Queens Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PR 0207584 9315
The University of Birmingham, Centre for Birmingham and Midlands History, is holding a number of Day Schools this Autumn, including 1 November Life, Work and Death in Birmingham 1100-1900, and 22 November Birmingham History Day (see also Black Country History Day under Societies). They also run a part-time MA in West Midlands History, held over two years on ten Saturdays a year between September and June. For further details about the degree email N.S.Darby@bham.ac.uk, or www.history.bham.ac.uk
Family events in central London have been a feature of the British Postal Museum and Archive this year. The programme so far has proved highly successful and has attracted many enthusiastic visitors. For example, to mark World Stamp Day in May, Philatelic Fun included a variety of activities including the most popular basic introduction to collecting stamps. Then there was Family Learning in the Archive in May, Letter Boxes in Miniature in June, and this years Big Draw initiative which will take place in October. For further information go to www.postalheritage.org.uk or sign up for the BPMAs young peoples mailing list inbox by emailing inbox@postalheritage.org.uk
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