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Date added: 19 November 2015
We are delighted to announce that Round 3 of our bursary scheme is open to new applicants.
If you are thinking about studying a built-environment subject at university or plan to train in a traditional building conservation craft then we may be able to help you fund your studies or training.
We are offering bursaries of up to £1000 per year.
Don’t miss out! Apply before 29th January 2016
Find out more by clicking on this link.
Date added: 10 November 2015
Following on from last Wednesday’s launch of this project by students from Sheffield School of Architecture in Doncaster, we are pleased to announce that details of this exciting project are now contained in a website set up by the students.
If you would like to view the students’ efforts then you are invited to visit the project website – www.mansionhousedoncaster.com
This is a Doncaster Civic Trust / Friends of Doncaster Mansion House / Doncaster Council / Sheffield University collaboration funded by the Trust.
Here at the Trust, we are very pleased with the outcome of this project. The next stage is for the partners to assess how this valuable piece of work can be used to its fullest extent in promoting Doncaster Mansion House.
If you have any comments or suggestions then we would love to hear from you. Please contact jeffprior@outlook.com
Meanwhile, a big thank you is due to our friends at the university – Bana, Harry, Kou, Abdulbari, Dean, Ashley, Jenny, Yigeng and Hang. Thank you for a wonderful piece of work!
Date added: 5 November 2015
We are pleased to announce that we have scanned all of our back copies of the Newsletter and Trust Topics and put them online for your reference and enjoyment.
If you go to our Archive section, you can now search all of these publications going back to the very first Newsletter in 1970.
This resource contains hundreds of fascinating articles and is a window on to Doncaster Civic Trust’s concerns and activities over many decades.
We hope you will find time to delve into this rich treasure trove of information.
Date added: 31 October 2015
The Trust has produced a lovely Heritage Calendar for 2016. It is now on sale, priced £4.99, at the Tourist Information Centre at the corner of High Street and Priory Place.
The photographs, which all date from the first half of the 20th century, have been carefully chosen to present an interesting variety of streets, buildings and shop fronts in the town. The calendar is A4 size, black and white, landscape format and spirally bound on the top side with a central hanger.
Date added: 26 October 2015
The Trust have great pleasure in inviting you to the launch of our exciting new project.
You may recall that the Trust and the Friends of Doncaster Mansion House have commissioned the Sheffield School of Architecture to create an educational package exploring and introducing people (particularly our schools) to this wonderful building.
A group of postgraduate architecture students have been working in the Mansion House over recent weeks and are now ready to exhibit their work.
The event will take place at 7:30pm on Wednesday 4th November at St Peter’s Church Hall, Chequer Rd, Doncaster.
This project is part of Doncaster Civic Trust’s education programme aimed at helping Doncaster’s young people to have a better appreciation of our rich built heritage.
We think you will find this event informative and inspiring.
If you would like to attend the launch please will you RSVP as soon as possible to reserve a seat.
RSVP to jeff.prior@outlook.com