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Claire Adler

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Heritage, Culture & Communities Consultant: NLHF Mentor; supporting and developing NLHF museum & community heritage projects, audience development research and also Chair of Queen Edith’s Community Forum, Cambridge (she/her) www.claireadler.co.uk

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Apr 1

After 20 years as a sole trader I have finally plucked up courage to set myself up as a Limited Company … let me know if Claire Adler & Associates can help with your #heritage #Glam #community #🏛️🎓@heritagefunduk.bsky.social projects

www.claireadler.co.uk

CLAIRE ADLER

Heritage culture consultant Claire Adler loves making heritage accessible to the widest possible audiences through telling the stories of people and places in an engaging way. This can be by embeddin...

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 17d

New #Job Freelance Heritage Project Evaluation Officer at St Mary Magdalene Church #Ickleton #Cambridgeshire

Apply by Fri 3 Oct 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/freelan...

#GEMJobs #FreelanceJobs #HeritageJobs #Culture #Heritage #Freelance #Consultant #Education #Conservation #GEM

Freelance Heritage Education Consultant with SEND specialism - GEM

Freelance Heritage Education Consultant with SEND specialism “Looking Up and Out” at St Mary Magdalene Church, Ickleton Church Region: East Anglia Job Type: Consultant (12 month contract) Fee: £5000...

gem.org.uk

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 17d

New #Job Freelance Heritage Education Consultant with SEND specialism at St Mary Magdalene Church #Ickleton

Apply by Fri 3 Oct 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/freelan...

#GEMJobs #FreelanceJobs #HeritageJobs #Culture #Heritage #Freelance #Consultant #Education #Conservation #GEM

Freelance Heritage Education Consultant with SEND specialism - GEM

gem.org.uk

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · 22d

Playing the game of spot the bonkers people eating to take the National Trust into flag waving as part of the AGM. There are so many this year that I could do with help…
#nationaltrustAGM

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Sep 6

That’s cute!

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Shhh. Don’t tell anyone. But I reckon we may have the start to a new walnut tree next summer!!

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Sep 1

stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
I can’t be there but I have donated towards it…

Help us stop Trump’s state visit! Donate to Stop Trump

Stop Trump Coalition

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Aug 14

She has. But it is so far away that she doesn’t care!!!

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Aug 14

Celebrating getting our fabulous daughter to a place at Falmouth to study Fine Art with a pint by the river
#Cambridge #kingCharles #socks #uniplace

A foot on dry grass with trainers and a sock with a picture of King Charles on. With the river Cam in the background

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hope you have been discharged and all ok

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 19

He says it will never happen… as could only do one trip a day … so not financially viable…

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great job with lovely people funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

#heritagejob

GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · Jul 14

New #job People of the Peak Project Support Officer at Peak District National Park Authority #EastMidlands

Apply before Wed 30 July 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/people-...

#GEMJobs #museumjobs #heritagejobs #heritagelearning

People of the Peak Project Support Officer - GEM

Bakewell, Derbyshire £29,093 – £30,559 per annum We are looking for an enthusiastic Project Support Officer to join the Peak District National Park’s Cultural Heritage Team to support the externally-f...

gem.org.uk

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 14

Really interesting article by @richove.bsky.social about the banning of books in the US and how libraries and librarians are standing up to the right wing pressure groups.

observer.co.uk/news/interna...

‘There is no political power without power over the archive’

Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, ...

observer.co.uk

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 13

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:

action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

Pick a side – hate or Pride

June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...

action.goodlawproject.org

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jul 4

Sorry I couldn’t work out how to upload the document here. But there is a lovely opportunity for a freelance artist working with the redevelopment of Wrexham Museum
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...

A really lovely opportunity for an artist to work on Wrexham County Borough Museum & Archives redevelopment funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund | Claire Adler

A really lovely opportunity for an artist to work on Wrexham County Borough Museum & Archives redevelopment funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund The deadline for this commission is July ...

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jun 30

A great heritage/ museum job for someone to support the delivery of Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens @heritagefunduk.bsky.social project

careers.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/vacancies/26...

#🎓🏛️ #museum #heritage

Project Co-ordinator in Great Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth Borough Council

View details and apply for this Project Co-ordinator vacancy in Great Yarmouth. About the Role We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Project Co-ordinator to support the exciting W...

careers.great-yarmouth.gov.uk

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · Jun 19

New #job with GEM. Freelancer required to research, develop, pilot & deliver a “how to use your local museum” session for schools & colleges in #Wales

Full details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/heritag...

Apply by 18 July
#GEMJobs #HeritageLearning #MuseumLearning #Freelancer #FreelanceWeek

Heritage Learning Freelancer - GEM

The Group for Education in Museums (GEM) has secured a grant from the Welsh Government Culture Division for 2025-6 to undertake work supporting museums to create, adapt and improve their […]

gem.org.uk

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · May 27

✨GEM Workshop: Community and Co-Design✨

Are you looking to effectively engage with communities? Join GEM and Beloved Adonai for a workshop on how to create sustainable partnerships.

📆 Tuesday, June 17, 10am - 12pm
📍Online
🔗 Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gem-worksh...

#GEM#museumlearning

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · Jun 1

Great to see the new cafe @abneypark.bsky.social and the interpretation bringing to visitors attention that it is heated through a ground source heat pump. And all funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Large panel on wall with text about sustainability at Abney Park and diagram showing how a ground source heat pump works

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · May 31

Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.

Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · May 22

And it has resulted in private companies literally milking money off the public sector.

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · May 22

At what point in people’s lives do they go ‘oh yes Procurement will be what I want do’? Is it the point where they realise they love making people jump through pointless hoops for absolutely no reason other than to make them money??? (I might be frustrated today!!)

a stick figure is standing next to a box that says pointless button

ALT: a stick figure is standing next to a box that says pointless button

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Paralympic Heritage @paraheritage.bsky.social · May 19

📢 Hiring Now - Project Archivist!

Project: 'Jean Stone Collection: celebrating influential women in the Paralympic Movement' ♿

🗓️ Contract Date: Jun 2025 – Jan 2026 (8 months)
📝 Closing Date: Fri 30th May 2025
#MuseumEd

💻 For details & to apply, visit: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/news/project...

A black and white image of three young men working at a table with archive boxes, folders and paperwork across it, is covered by golden text which reads: 'We are hiring! Project Archivist'

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Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · May 17

tl;dr: sign up for some free professional development for museum folk in #Scotland here: my.nms.ac.uk/0/17854

🏛️🎓 #maths #MathsToday

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Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · May 15

Good to see you too! Hope today was good too.

Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social · May 15

@teakayb.mathsy.space following on from our conversation yesterday about free training to be an evaluator … see this

www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...

🏛️🎓 #evaluation #heritage #museums #freelance

Evaluation for Arts, Culture and Heritage: Principles and Practice - Centre for Cultural Value

Understand the principles and practice of evaluation in the arts, culture and heritage sector with this new, free-to-access online course.

www.culturalvalue.org.uk

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