Eastside Community Heritage

Ilford Methodist Church, Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2JZ

Tel [phone], E-mail [e-mail], www.hidden-histories.org.uk

Eastside Community Heritage

Skills for the Future – Trainee Application

Eastside Community Heritage is an organisation that collects and archives local history. It has a large archive of over 1000 hours of oral history and thousands of photographs.

Skills for the Future is an exciting three year oral history and digitization training project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund through their Skills for the Future funding programme. The project will train a total of 12 beneficiaries in skills which will equip you to work in the heritage sector and on heritage and community outreach projects.
Name:

Address:


Telephone Number: E-mail:

Please provide details of previous education and training:


Do you need a work permit in order to work in the UK? YES or NO


Please provide details of previous work or volunteering experience:

Hobbies and interests:

We want to know about your skills and interests. Don’t worry if you don’t have many of the skills listed as we are willing to train you. Please indicate level of knowledge and what software packages you are familiar with.

For each of the following questions, please answer in 400 words or less, that is a maximum of 2400 words for all six questions. Less than this is fine.

1. Please tell us about Office & Computer skills you have. This could include word processing, using databases, spreadsheets, internet and e-mail.

2. Please tell us about your Multimedia skills – scanning, using digital cameras (still and video) and digital recording skills, including editing. Please do this in 400 words, or less

3. 
   Please outline any Research Skills you have, including using the internet, libraries and archives, and local history collections
   

4. 
   Please tell us about your experience and interest in Social History in general, and Oral History in particular.
   

5. 
   Please tell us why you are interested in a career in the Heritage and Cultural sector.
   

6. 
   Please add any other information you think would be relevant.
   

Please give the name and contact details of two referees:

Do we have your permission to contact them Yes/No
Referee one:

Name:
Address:

Telephone Number:________________ E-mail______________________
Relationship:___________________________________________________
Referee Two:

Name:
Address:

Telephone Number:________________ E-mail______________________
Relationship:___________________________________________________


Please complete this form and the Equalities Monitoring form and return to Judith Garfield, Eastside Community Heritage, [e-mail]

We will contact you within five days of receiving the completed form

The deadline for returning completed forms is 12 noon on Wednesday 30^th November 2011