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Thanks to thanks to the support of National Lottery players, we are seeking a Heritage & Culture Coordinator to drive our community engagement activities over the next 3 years. We want to make sure the community are front and centre as we regenerate the Chance Glassworks and continue to reveal and research Chance Brothers and thier amazing industrial history. Following a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, we are seeking to employ an experienced Heritage and Culture Coordinator. This is a unique opportunity to develop and drive our heritage, culture and enterprise offer using the rich industrial history and legacy of the Chance Glassworks and other heritage projects. As the Heritage & Culture Coordinator, your role will be to develop and drive our heritage, culture and enterprise offer using the rich industrial history and legacy of the Chance Glassworks and other heritage projects. Coordinating all strands of our community engagement activities, managing our social media and external communications. If this challenge appeals to you, a detailed job description and contact information can be found here. Please include a covering letter detailing your past experience and telling us why you think you can fulfil the role and include a current CV. Applications close on 11th November 2024
Chance Heritage Trust is delighted to announce the award of a £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players. The funding will support the trust for the next 3 years.
A further grant of £165,000 has been awarded by Historic England. The combined capacity building grants will transform how the trust operates and will help to drive the regeneration and repurposing of the Chance Glassworks and other most globally significant industrial heritage sites in Smethwick in the West Midlands. Read more here.
Last chance to preserve one of the West Midlands key industrial heritage sites as it appears on national endangered buildings list
You can now buy our reprint of the 1951 book 'Mirror for Chance', Click the image above for more info!
Our aim is to enrich the community with the restoration and protection of buildings and assets of cultural and heritage importance.
Keep up to date with News from the Trust. See also our magazine CHaT for historical articles and news relating to the Trust
Find out more about upcoming Events from the Trust and other associated partners.
The current impetus is towards the restoration of the famous Seven-Storey building on the Chance Brothers' site in Spon Lane, Smethwick.
Read our own magazine CHaT, see back issues of Chance Brothers' in-house magazine Chance Comments, or browse our archive of photos & videos.
Contact us with any comments or views. Also see the links to our sponsors and other websites of interest.