After Englesea Brook Museum’s touring exhibition Root And Branch: How Five Shillings, Faith And Belief Inspired The Beginning Of The Probation Service, created in partnership with the National Probation Service, came to a close we were delighted to be awarded a further grant to build upon its success.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is funding through the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) a project to create three short films exploring the effects of alcohol misuse on finance, health and relationships.
The films, with accompanying guidance notes to be used in schools, colleges and youth groups, tell of historical and current help to address these issues. Help such as temperance societies, church and probation, along with legislation, will be explored.
We are very excited that pupils from Adelaide School Link (Sixth Form) will be creating the films with us.
The title of our project, Picking Up A Lost Thread, came from an article in the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Reports, 1928-32. The accompanying photograph shows Prison Gate Ministry in action where volunteers from the local Primitive Methodist Whitechapel Mission would meet offenders on release from prison, many of whom had served sentences related to alcohol misuse. The mission provided legal, practical and spiritual support for those whose lives had fallen apart, often leading to brighter futures.
Keep an eye on this page as the project progresses.