HERITAGE

CULTURE &

COMMUNITY

CONSULTANT

Claire Adler, Heritage Consultant

The fundamental basis for the work I undertake and enjoy is that I love making heritage accessible to the widest possible audiences.

This can be by embedding museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations in their communities or enabling communities to engage with their heritage and culture.

Claire Adler is a Heritage, Culture & Community Consultant who specialises in:

  • Researching and writing National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) applications and Activity Plans.

  • Mentoring and monitoring projects as an NLHF appointed Expert Advisor (ROSS) for Learning and Community Engagement.

  • Researching, planning and creating successful community and partnership strategies and projects.

  • Consulting current and potential audiences.

  • Working as a Critical Friend on projects and redevelopments.

  • Delivering training.

  • Undertaking Institutional Change Evaluation.

Heritage consultant
Heritage culture consultant

I have over 30 years’ experience of setting up museums, developing museum education services and engaging museums with their local communities. I set up the Huguenot Museum, Rochester and Hackney Museum and I have worked with museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations as varied as the National Maritime Museum, Harwich Electric Palace Cinema and the National Centre for Writing.

I also work with communities to help them understand and interpret the history of their locality and community to encourage community development and cohesion. This work has involved working with community groups, churches, cathedrals, NHS Trusts and whole town redevelopments.

I have worked on over 60 projects for NLHF and clients, which has equated to over £130million of lottery funding.

I am based in Cambridge but work across the UK.