NAS Outreach
Far from being just a buzzword, Outreach is a vital and core
part of the Society's activities and something to which all
members can contribute; spreading the word about NAS, its aims,
activities, training schemes and project opportunities and
cultivating increased awareness of our maritime heritage.
The target audiences for Outreach are diverse; the general
public, the sports diving community, schools, local history and
archaeology societies, sympathetic organisations, funding
agencies, political lobby groups and potential sponsors .
The Outreach Sub Committee helps to coordinate NAS's presence
at specific Outreach opportunities including the London and
Birmingham Dive Shows,
the Festival of British Archaeology
(National Archaeology Week) and local Maritime Festivals.
We work closely with UNESCO, the United Nations
Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, to help promote
the adoption of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of
Underwater Cultural Heritage,
and have a team of volunteer speakers across the country who can
provide talks and run events for schools and local
organisations.
Through funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund we have
developed maritime-themed and curriculum-linked activities for
schools, such as the Splash!
Project delivered in collaboration with Camden Borough Council
and the London School
of Diving. Please contact us if your group or society would like to have us
run an event with you.
We are also developing new means to outreach within the
Society to enrich the membership experience. In particular, we
are looking at ways to develop and support regional groups,
facilitate contact between members and support members looking
for projects, team members and specific project expertise. As
well as a members-only forum on the NAS web site, we have
recently joined Facebook
to create an open forum and are aiming to develop a monthly e-news
sheet providing up to date information recent happenings and
forthcoming events across the maritime archaeology world.
Whatever your background and experience, we are always looking
for additional volunteers to help with the Society's Outreach
effort; whether you are interested in joining the committee,
promoting the Society by giving talks to groups in your local
area, joining the editorial team for the new e-news sheet,
helping to set up a local group, or just turning out to help us
run specific events, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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the NAS
Maritime heritage belongs to everyone and the greater the
number of people taking an active interest in its promotion and
protection the greater the likelihood that that it can be
preserved for future generations.
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