The Arts Society's Heritage Volunteers help to conserve our British heritage, working as stewards and guides, helping with preventative conservation and in non-specialist but vital ways caring for both public and private collections.  Without the help of Volunteers, some of these would undoubtedly deteriorate to such an extent that they could be lost forever.  Basic training courses are given by professional conservators in a variety of fields. 

The Arts Society Haslemere Heritage Volunteers have been involved with the Haslemere Educational Museum since 1999.  During this time they have undertaken a variety of tasks, including sorting, maintaining and cataloguing the Fine Art collection, helping to conserve items, and cleaning and checking all the Library Books. The Volunteers have helped in packing and storing Collections, as well as researching and recording information on the computer Database.  Members are also involved, as volunteers, in the Watts Gallery Artists' Village at Compton and at some local National Trust properties.

To find out more about Heritage Volunteering 
please contact the Heritage Volunteer,
Mrs Celia Marshall

on 01428 652646

No previous experience is required and any help you can give will be very welcome.

RESTORATION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY ALTAR FRONTAL FOR ST. ALBAN'S CHURCH, HINDHEAD.

During 2019 under the guidance of our textile expert Gill Rudman and Anna Hawtree (the Heritage Representative), a group of Heritage Volunteers have completed the restoration of the Altar Frontal for St. Alban’s Church. 

To celebrate the newly restored Altar Frontal, the Arts Society Haslemere set up an exhibition at St. Alban’s Church, Hindhead, from Thursday 20th June to Saturday 22nd 2019.  On the first morning of the exhibition, the finished work was presented to Revd. Richard Bodle and Jenny Brown, Church Warden, by the Mayor of Haslemere, Councillor John Robini.  

Organised by Anna Hawtree, the presentation took place at the church, refreshments being provided beforehand.  Present were some of the Heritage volunteers who spent many hours restoring the altar cloth, Gill Rudman, the textile expert, two members of the Arts Society West Surrey Area and members of the Arts Society Haslemere committee and the society's President, Roscelin Rees.

As well as Anna Hawtree and Gill Rudman, the Heritage Volunteers who did all the work were Iris Birch, Jean Hardwick, Rosemary Brodie, Jane Tyrrell-Evans, Celia Marshall and Sue Davies.