Marsh Charitable Trust

Marsh Charitable Trust Annual Review 2022-2023📖 We are excited to present this year's MCT Annual Review; an overview of the Trust's activities. The Trust's Annual Review showcases our Awards Scheme that is run in partnership with a range of organisation to recognise those who dedicate their time to important causes. The review also recognises a selection of organisations that we have supported through our Grants Programme over the last year. You can read the MCT's Annual Review through our website: https://lnkd.in/e3jrBmzy 📷The cover photo of this year's Annual Review depicts the art work of José Rodrigues – Portugal, who was one of our winners of the Marsh Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement 2023. José is the founder of Teatro Metaphora, a non-profit organization on a small Portuguese Island, Madeira.

Only a few days left to nominate for this year’s Marsh Awards with Association for Science and Discovery Centres 🏆 Follow the link below to nominate your incredible #volunteers 🎉

#WilderKentAwards Over the weekend, the MCT had the opportunity to recognise the winners of this year's Marsh Volunteer Awards that are run in partnership with Kent Wildlife Trust. Kent Wildlife Trust works to ensure that wildlife is protected and restored, now and in the future. They work to help organisations, people and communities connect to nature and care for our natural places. The Marsh Volunteer Awards recognise six volunteers, both individuals and teams, each year who have given their skills, experience and enthusiasm to protecting Kent’s wildlife. The winners of this year’s Awards are: 🦋 Individual Volunteers Rob Smith  Dennis Fryer  Linda Taylor    🌱 Volunteer Teams Shoresearch Volunteers  Sevenoaks Green Team  Wild About Gardens Team Congratulations to all of our volunteers for their hard work and dedication! Please visit the MCT’s website to read about their achievements: https://lnkd.in/evGMVD5M

We are pleased to have supported St Lukes for 20 years, helping them look after clergy wellbeing. Clergy are unsung heroes - supporting food banks, the homeless, visiting the lonely, the infirm, hospitals, prisons etc. By caring for clergy we care for the community. St Lukes for the Clergy provide practical, supportive services to meet the evolving needs of clergy and improve their wellbeing. Sometimes wellbeing and mental health can be overlooked because of the everyday demands of ministry and all the joys and challenges of living in faith and supporting communities. Every week, clergy tell St Luke’s how our support has made a difference to their life and ministry. St Lukes: “Putting a shout out to celebrate 20 years of support from the Marsh Charitable Trust Grants Programme towards our work caring for the clergy - those people who care for us. With well clergy in place, the community is 'shored up'. Those seeking comfort have someone to turn to. The food bank volunteer numbers swell. The lonely, the elderly, those in hospitals and those in prisons have someone caring and praying for them. Working with children and young people in schools, often providing holiday and after-schools activities, well clergy are on hand to continue sharing and providing sustenance through various life stages and challenges.” #stlukesforclergy #clergywellbeing #caringforthecommunity #caringforcarers

The nominations for the 2024 Marsh Awards that are run in partnership with RBST are now open! Today we will be recognising and celebrating our 2023 winners! 🏆 Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award with the RBST - Alan Black Alan has given many years of service to the RBST both in formal roles as Chairman, Vice President and Chair of the Nominations Committee, and in informal roles as a guide and mentor to many Trustees and staff. Throughout 2023, Alan was a key attendee at events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of RBST, which further highlights his commitment to the organisation. Read more here:

The nominations for the 2024 Marsh Awards that are run in partnership with RBST are now open! Today we will be recognising and celebrating our 2023 winners! 🏆 Marsh Award for Support Group Volunteer of the Year – Aaron Kirkpatrick Aaron has made invaluable contributions to re-establishing the Northern Ireland RBST Support Group over the past 12 months. He has gone out of his way to engage with members, both old and new, who have previously been difficult to engage with, leading to a number of new networks and partnerships established in Northern Ireland. Read more here:

The nominations for the 2024 Marsh Awards that are run in partnership with RBST are now open! Today we will be recognising and celebrating our 2023 winners! 🏆 Marsh Award for Conservation in Genetic Bio-Diversity - Jane Cooper Jane has made an invaluable contribution to find the ‘lost flock’ of Boreray sheep descended from those left behind on the island of St. Kilda near Scotland when it was evacuated in August 1930. Since founding and establishing the Orkeny Boreray, Jane established and created a new breeding programme to increase the population and help secure its long-term future. Read more here:

Once again, it's time for RBST members to start thinking about giving recognition to more of RBST’s absolute unsung heroes, as nominations are now open for the 2024 RBST Marsh Charitable Trust Awards. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust monitor rare breeds and the threats they face. It exists to conserve and promote native livestock and equine breeds, whether sheep, cattle, pigs or poultry, as sustainable alternatives to the intensively farmed breeds. Our Awards with RBST give us the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of those supporting and promoting conservation of rare breeds. Nominations can be made for the following Awards: 1/ Marsh Award for Support Group Volunteer recognises support group volunteers who help promote rare breeds throughout the UK, put on shows and raise funds for events. 2/ Marsh Award for Conservation in Genetic Bio-diversity recognises an individual or group who have made a significant technical and scientific or practical contribution to the field of genetic bio-diversity. 3/ Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates an individual for their outstanding and long term commitment to the RBST and to the conservation of rare breeds. To nominate for this year’s Marsh Awards with RBST, please follow the link and complete a nomination form: https://buff.ly/3SaOUch Today we will be recognising our 2023 winners!

✨ Celebrating Excellence in Community Archaeology ✨  The winner for this year's Marsh Community Archaeologist of the Year Award is Dr Catherine Parker Heath!  Dr. Catherine Parker Heath is a Community and Conservation Archaeologist at the Peak District National Park. Her dedication to community engagement and volunteer involvement has made a significant impact on how archaeology is experienced and appreciated by people of all ages and backgrounds.   The Marsh Award for Community Archaeology Project of the Year is awarded to the Dig the Castle Project!  The Dig the Castle Project, conducted in September and October 2023, aimed to explore Torrington’s little-understood motte and bailey castle. This project exemplified community involvement. The project provided volunteers with the opportunity to develop a range of archaeological skills, including excavation and finds processing. These Awards are run in partnership with The Council for British Archaeology. To read more about our Awards and more about this year's winners, please visit the MCT's website here: https://lnkd.in/e5C24hNX  

🎉 Announcing the winner of the Marsh Awards Community Archaeologist of the Year Award! 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Parker Heath, a dedicated Community and Conservation Archaeologist at the Peak District National Park! Catherine's work with volunteers brings archaeology to life for people of all ages and backgrounds. Through her projects, participants learn valuable skills such as surveying, photography, drawing, and digital mapping with ArcGIS. Catherine’s passion for archaeology fosters a love for history and conservation, creating a lasting impact on the community. "I love the work I do with communities and volunteers. There is such a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience out there that brings real meaning to the work we do. Archaeology truly is for everyone." - Dr. Catherine Parker Heath Thank you, Catherine, for your incredible contributions to community archaeology! Find out more about Catherine's work here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2SNFMQt