Museums get cash for climate change activities

Funding for activities designed to provoke discussions about climate change and the planet has been awarded to museums in Herefordshire.

Two awards of £3,000 and £2,000 will be spent on activities that engage people and encourage them to join in the conversation about the "huge effects" of climate change and people's "impact on our natural world", Damian Etheraads said.

The museum and art gallery lead at Herefordshire Council said competition for the grants was extremely tough and staff were "thrilled".

He said the funding would allow them to connect with people in new ways around the subject.

The £3,000 award from the Natural History Museum's Fixing our Broken Planet programme will be used to work with young people and create an exhibition looking at the impact of climate change locally that will run from this August to March next year.

And the £2,000 award is being spent on activities in Malvern in June to raise awareness about an event taking place this year, which is planned to inspire wonder for the natural world and spark a climate change debate.

The Herds is a worldwide project that will see more than 100 life-sized animal puppets being taken on a journey of 20,000km across Africa and Europe between April and August.

There are two UK destinations for the procession, in London and Manchester. The actual procession will not visit Herefordshire.

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