She said: It has been a really good use of the museum, I think they have been really pleased to contribute to the vaccination effort and feel they have played their part in getting out of COVID. That we have got the majority of staff vaccinated feels like the right thing to do, they are still working with the most vulnerable people in Leeds and we need them to be protected.
The location of the Thackray meant staff could attend before or after shifts, or even on their break times, and the demand for appointments was instant , although, Ms McSorley admits when she saw it before conversion she wasn t sure it would work.
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Wellcome funding for medical humanities
A team from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures has secured £1 million in funding from global charitable foundation Wellcome to develop medical humanities research.
The three-year development grant will be used to further understand the relationship between the human body and technologies associated with health and disability as part of a project called LivingBodiesObjects: Technology and the Spaces of Health.
“It would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of colleagues and the inspiration of our students. “
Professor Murray said: “This award was open to academics across the world and it is a very significant achievement to have been successful. It would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of colleagues and the inspiration of our students.
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The budget lifeline is welcome. But, as museums endure their worst crisis since the war, they have still been at the forefront of Covid support, with hard-hitting shows, doorstep storytelling and using this chance to rethink their roles
Sharon Heal is director of the Museums Association
Off limits ⦠every museum in Britain has been closed for the first time since the second world war. Pictured, the Horniman in London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Off limits ⦠every museum in Britain has been closed for the first time since the second world war. Pictured, the Horniman in London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which has received almost £300,000 towards the repair of bridges THE North York Moors Railway is to receive almost £300,000 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The £296,000 grant will help fund the restoration of key bridges on the heritage railway’s route across the moors from Pickering to Whitby. Just over £1.5 million has been awarded to organisations in Yorkshire in the latest round of funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden. The Thackray Museum in Leeds is to benefit from £174,000 to restore the Grade II listed former workhouse building which houses the medical collection, which will also be the focus of refreshed displays.