The Saltaire Collection is the public face of the Saltaire World Heritage Education Association, a charity with the core aim of advancing education for the public benefit relating to the heritage of Saltaire.
The charity has a board of trustees responsible for ensuring that its aims are met. That needs a wide range of expertise and experience. Being a trustee can be interesting and rewarding. Are you interested? Please contact us if you have any questions.
The Saltaire World Heritage Education Association (SWHEA) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, reg. no. 1158756.
Our purpose is to advance education relating to the industrial heritage of Saltaire. In particular, for students, historians and researchers of all ages we wish to encourage an involvement in, and a better understanding of, Saltaire’s heritage and to foster a desire to preserve it for the future.
Catalogued 6000+ historical documents, maps, plans and images on a museums-standard database
Correctly stored archive items in acid free boxes and folders
Developed policies and procedures that meet national standards
Developed a wide range of learning resources
Received many visitors - international, national and regional - and assisted in new research
Established a new website holding the catalogue and many summary pieces about Saltaire’s heritage
Our Board consists of people with a wide range of backgrounds from educators to librarians to social researchers to finance to museum professionals.
For new trustees we are looking for:
In particular, we are looking to recruit new Board members to join SWHEA’s Board of Trustee and Advisors, ideally with people who have experience of:
We also have associate members of the board of trustees who support governance and management but do not have voting rights.
Associates can be involved in Trustee led sub-groups and projects. This is a good way of gaining experience before becoming a full trustee.
This is a chance to develop your professional skills in strategic management and development, gain Board experience, develop your networks, and enhance your CV.
You can do all of that at the same time as contributing to preserving and promoting the heritage of West Yorkshire’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. That can be immensely rewarding in itself.
Unfortunately, though, you’re not likely to get the Legion d’Honeur like Sir Titus Salt did! However, you will play a part in preserving and sharing Saltaire’s fascinating heritage and enjoy learning about it as well.
For more information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact the SWHEA secretary by email using the form on this page.
If you would prefer to email us directly, our address is saltairestories@gmail.com. Please use a subject of ‘Trustee’.
Discover more about the Saltaire Collection, our aims, what we do, and our own history and exciting future as we move to being a fully accredited museum
Find out about the wide range of opportunities for volunteering with us to look after, develop and promote the Collection
View our archive of news items to see the sorts of things the Collection does, including meeting Dan Snow
