Heysham's 2019 in the community
5000 people welcomed at the Visitor Centre
In 2019 the community team at Heysham enjoyed meeting more than 5000 people at the sites’ Visitor Centre, partnering with many local organisations and supporting some great groups. Many of these partnerships are long term and we look forward to working with them during 2020 and beyond.
Among the highlights for the year are:
Visitor centre
Primary Schools – 37
Secondary Schools - 20
Sixth form/colleges - 12
Universities - 17
Businesses - 44
Public tours - 115
Total of 5295 visitors during 2019
Liaison with community:
Lancaster City Council
Lancashire County Council
Meeting local MPs
Local Community Liaison Council meetings, the autumn event held at Lancaster Girls Grammar School for 300 people
Lancaster Chamber ambassadors
Chamber EXPO event at Lancaster Brewery
Lancaster University’s entrepreneurship conference at The Platform
Lancaster University’s Exchange community meeting
Support Lancaster Bid and Morecambe Bid
Member of Lancaster Place Board
Member of Bay Tourism
Attended the Lakes CBI annual dinner
Key sponsors and supporters of Lancaster and Morecambe Pride
Events sponsored in 2019
Morecambe Carnival
Armed Forces Day
Lancaster Pride
Morecambe Pride
Chamber Expo
Caton St Paul’s Primary School Swimming gala
Promenade Orchestra Morecambe
The Rotary School Technology Tournaments
The Place Physics careers fair
Sponsorship of Charity Dukes Christmas show
Awards sponsored in 2019
Young Engineer/Scientists for Lancaster & Morecambe Education Awards
Sustainability Award at Sunshine awards
Community partnerships
The Bee Centre – bring bee hives at Heysham power stations
Carnforth High VEX robotics after school club, to promote coding and engineering skills
Goal posts for Morecambe Ladies and Girls FC
Ludus Dance
Recycling bins, compost bins and environmental items for St Peter’s Primary School
Droid Inventor kits for Morecambe Road School
Brother Wolf community project (helping to improve health and wellbeing by fostering a connection to the outdoors and nature)
3rd Morecambe Scout Group & Lonsdale District Scouts event