A GROUP of parents from a primary school in East Belfast have been recognised at a national awards scheme.
The Marsh Awards, organised by The British Museum and the Marsh Christian Trust, highlight the contribution that volunteers make in museums.
The only Northern Ireland group recognised was 11 parents from Nettlefield Primary School who have been volunteering at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum as part of a National Museums Northern Ireland Health & Wellbeing project called ‘Craft in Mind’ which was funded by the Big Lottery.
One of the participants, Sarah Kane, described the volunteering project as life changing,
she said: “It’s great to win this award and if someone told us a few years ago we’d be in London picking up an award, we wouldn’t have believed them.”