Brief for guided photography workshops - Unlocking the Severn LIFE15 NAT UK 000219 / HLF15-04573
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Brief for guided photography workshops Unlocking the Severn LIFE15 NAT UK 000219 / HLF15-04573
Project background
Unlocking the Severn is a large and ambitious £20m project led by Canal & River
Trust (CRT), delivered in partnership with Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment
Agency and Natural England and with support from a variety of stakeholder groups
and community organisations. It runs from 2018 to 2021 with major funding grants
from the Heritage Lottery Fund and EU LIFE Programme.
Unlocking the Severn is based around capital works to remove historic barriers at six
sites on the River Severn and its main tributary the Teme. The courageous shad (a
herring species) will return to the upper reaches of the river and spawn and flourish
in large numbers once more. We will open 253km of river for migrating fish, and work
towards a sustainable future for the United Kingdom’s longest river.
Our four project aims are:
1. Bring back the shad!
This important rare fish will reach its former freshwater habitats
and all fish will have improved access in the River Severn.
2. Our Severn
More people and different people will care about, visit and enjoy
the River Severn making it a vibrant and exciting place to be.
3. Deepen connections
The River Severn will become an engaging route to learning that
enriches people’s lives.
4. Volunteers at the heart of heritage and science
Together we will discover, share and celebrate the stories of the
River Severn, and create an amazing legacy for the future.
The project is a ‘First’ that will create transferable best practice for natural heritage
management, conservation, biological research, community engagement and
learning across the world. A little fish will become a large environmental social and
economic venture and people will appreciate the River Severn as a vibrant and
important part of their past, present and future.
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Unlocking the Severn is a large-scale project working over a vast geographical area
connected by over 350km of the River Severn. To ensure that the project spreads
the stories of the River and its heritage across the historic spawning range of the
shad, partners have identified and worked with key partners known as “hubs” in
major settlements from Gloucester to Shrewsbury. Each hub has a close
geographical and/or thematic relationship to the river and together they give us a
good spread across the region in terms of physical distance and types of location.
They offer us accessible venues and networks to help reach wider audiences (e.g.
established relationships with local schools), and access to resources such as
archive collections. Staff at each site have a wealth of experience and expertise in
delivering activities for different audience groups.
A strong hub network means that the project will reach more diverse audiences,
build a powerful and credible reputation, and add value to what we are doing and to
the partner organisations’ offers.
The hubs in each are (south to north):
• National Waterways Museum, Gloucester
One of Canal & River Trust’s flagship museum sites in the historic docks of
Gloucester city.
• Diglis Island, Worcester
Refurbished lock island building that will provide facilities for school groups
and public open days. A new offer thanks to Unlocking the Severn –
greatest opportunity for establishing a legacy after the project ends.
• The Hive, Worcester
Innovative county council and university partnership hosting a large public
library, council services and the county archive.
• Severn Valley Country Park, Bridgnorth
Outdoor facility run by Shropshire County Council offering important
accessible green space and recreational activities for visitors.
• Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, Ironbridge
World Heritage Site famous as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
10 museum sites showcase social and industrial heritage.
• Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
Museum run by Shropshire County Council hosting permanent gallery
exhibits and temporary blockbuster exhibitions.
3Scope of services
Summary: plan and deliver guided photography workshops to groups of volunteers
that focus on the wildlife and habitats of the River Severn. Advise on the collection
and storage of photographs, including volunteers taking and submitting them outside
of the workshops. Select photographs for two transportable exhibitions, the first to be
displayed at The Hive, Worcester, in August 2019. All photographs will also act as a
resource for engaging people with the Project, and ideally will cover the four
seasons.
• With the Informal Learning & Interpretation Officer, identify a number of
sites where the guided workshops can take place, identify the ideal
number of volunteers to participate, and create risk assessments for the
workshops. This Officer or another Canal & River Trust colleague will be
present at the workshops and will support them.
• Deliver a minimum of six guided photography workshops in 2019, two per
county: Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire.
• Support and inspire volunteers in photography, who will bring their own
camera or device such as a smartphone.
• Inspire volunteers to connect with the River Severn, its habitats and
wildlife, and to continue taking photographs outside of the workshops.
• Provide your top tips for wildlife photography to the Informal Learning &
Interpretation Officer that can be shared on the Unlocking the Severn
website, or in other ways. You will be credited as the top tips originator.
• Devise a way for volunteers to tag photos with key words, or a description,
so the content of each photo is clear.
• Advise the Informal Learning & Interpretation Officer on how to store and
categorise the photographs.
• Devise a selection criteria for the exhibitions, including some competitions
on social media and categories to judge.
• Select photographs for the exhibitions, potentially with other judges.
• Review potential exhibition display spaces such as the Hive Atrium and
Sabrina at the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester. Advise on the
displays such as dimensions and arrangement.
Timeline
• Please provide a quote to Lucy Newton, Informal Learning & Interpretation
Officer lucy.newton@canalrivertrust.org.uk by Friday 15th February 2019.
• At least six workshops take place in 2019, two per county.
4• Select photographs for the first exhibition by Friday 28th June 2019.
• The first exhibition is installed at The Hive in August 2019.
• Select photographs for the second exhibition by Friday 13 th December 2019.
• The second exhibition is installed at Sabrina, National Waterways Museum
Gloucester, in 2020.
Budget and quote
A professional fees budget is available upon request. Please contact Lucy Newton,
Informal Learning & Interpretation Officer lucy.newton@canalrivertrust.org.uk or
07484 912842. A separate budget is available for volunteer expenses such as travel,
room hire and refreshments. A separate budget is available for the manufacture of
the transportable exhibitions.
Please suggest timings for the six workshops that suit your schedule and cover all
four seasons.
Please suggest a milestone payment plan for the services.
Quotes will be evaluated using the following criteria: 1) experience of delivering
photography workshops to groups, 2) genuine interest in and knowledge of the
wildlife and habitats of the River Severn, and 3) value for money.
Intellectual property
The copyright relating to volunteer photography produced as part of the guided
workshops is vested in CRT and may not be reproduced, copied or stored in any
medium without the prior written consent of CRT.
Insurance
You shall at your own cost effect and maintain adequate insurance cover with a
reputable insurance company to cover risks and liabilities arising from the
performance of the services.
You shall have the following insurance: public liability insurance at a minimum level
of £1 million, professional indemnity insurance or an equivalent covering any act,
error or omission or breach of duty in the conduct and execution of professional
activities and duties undertaken in connection with the services at a minimum level of
£1 million.
You shall on request give CRT copies of all insurance policies required together with
receipts or other evidence of payment of the latest premiums due under those
policies.
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