Local Heroes Initiative

Approved Projects

The following list displays "Local Heroes" projects for which an event has been finalised*.

• The Ups and downs of sea-level - a tribute to the work of Bill Ramsbottom. Date: 20 Jan 2007. Contact: Paul Wignall.
• Sorby and the development of scientific methods. Date: 17 Feb 2007. Contact: Noel Worley.
• Granites: Shaping of the Earth and the way we live. Date: 24 Feb 2007. Contact: Helen Kokelaar. 
• A group of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the discovery in Charnwood Forest of the Precambrian fossil Charnia. Date: 10 March 2007. Contact: Mark Purnell. 
• Workshop: Pure Science in the Study of Planet Earth, its natural hazards and resources. Date: 17 March 2007. Contact: Helen Kokelaar. 
• Engineering geology through the centuries. Date: 31 March 2007. Contact: Helen Reeves.
• A celebration in Durham and other places nearby of the geology of the North Pennines, and especially of the work of Kingsley Dunham. Date: 18 April - 27 May 2007. Contact: Paula Martin.
• John Milne - the man who mapped the shaking earth. Date: 19 May 2007. Contact: Paul Kabrna.
• Celebrating the life & work of R A Bagnold. Date: 17 June 2007. Contact: Alex Carbray.
• In the footsteps of Martin Te Punga. Date: 23-27 June 2007. Contact: Peter Worsley.
• Understanding how volcanoes work. Date: June/July 2007. Contact: Steve Sparks.
• Arkell, House and Bradley. Date: 28-29th July 2007. Contact: Ray Chapman.
• Timelords. A one-day symposium and associated field trips, exhibitions and workshops in Edinburgh celebrating James Hutton and Arthur Holmes. Date: Early September. Contact: Simon Harley.
• The Ground Beneath our Feet: 200 years of geology in the Marches. Date: 13 Sept 2007. Contact: Michael Rosenbaum.
• Local Heroes of Hertfordshire geology. Date: 22-23 Sept 2007. Contact: John Catt.
• A group of events celebrating the Welsh Basin and the geologists who worked on it. Date: 24-29 Sept 2007. Contact: Colin Humphreys. 
• A group of events celebrating John Cadman, Lord Cadman of Silverdale. Date: 20-21 Oct 2007 and 22 November. Contact: Ian Stimpson.
• Quaternary Geology of Yorkshire. Date: 27 Oct 2007. Contact: Trevor Morse.
• Micropalaeontological Heroes. Date: 7 Nov 2007. Contact: Andy Henderson.
• Frederick Dixon: geological pioneer in West Sussex. Date: 4-5th April 2008.  Contact: Tony Brook.
  

Application closed

Application for funding for Local Heroes projects is now closed.

(Note: Some projects are still being considered for approval so keep checking the list above for updates and extra events, which will be added once finalised programs are produced).

* Note: Some "Local Heroes" projects currently awaiting funding have no finalised program just yet - and for this reason they do not appear in the events list above.

Responsibility for this initiative has now passed from the Society's Bicentenary to the Geologists Association's Sesquicentenary (2008).  Please contact Sarah Stafford for more information.