New volunteering opportunities are available at Melton Carnegie Museum, following a successful bid by Leicestershire County Council for an Armed Forces community covenant grant from the Ministry of Defence.
The grant will fund an exciting new project to bring together a range of materials relating to the Defence Animal Centre (DAC). The centre, based in Melton Mowbray, formed a community partnership with Melton Carnegie Museum in March 2013.
The volunteering opportunities will offer people the chance to view and make digital copies of historic and contemporary material and information relating to the DAC and the history of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) in Leicestershire. This will be integral in creating a range of learning resources for use by armed service personnel and their families, local community groups, schools and museum visitors.
Find out more and how to apply
To find out more about the volunteering opportunities, which are for digitisation and cataloguing of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps archive, please view the following links:
Digitisation volunteer: http://www.leics.gov.uk/digitisation.pdf
Cataloguing volunteer: http://www.leics.gov.uk/cataloguing_ravc.pdf
The Defence Animal Centre is an integral part of the town – the site’s history dates back to the early 20th century when it provided one of five UK depots for the Army Remount Service. It has been the home of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) since 1946 and is now the main animal training centre for all three armed forces.
Find out more about Melton Mowbray Carnegie Museum and forthcoming events and opportunities here.
