The Heritage Education Trust The Heritage Education Trust recognises and promotes good practice in learning services within the historic environment and related collections. Recognition is made through the annual Sandford Awards for Heritage Education, which assesses the provision of quality education in and about historic sites, buildings, museums, galleries, cathedrals, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and historic artefacts. Promotion is through advocacy and a network of good practice. This is undertaken in many ways including specific projects under the banner of HERO - Heritage Education Regional Outreach. The Trust seeks to encourage innovation, transferability and sustainability alongside fun and enjoyment in education programmes. Working with its partner Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, the Trust offers a consultancy service to support relevant properties and encourage teachers to look for the Heritage Education Trust's quatrefoil logo and the Sandford Award Winners’ Plinth logo as quality assured indicators when seeking appropriate venues for out of classroom learning experiences within the historic environment. Lord Sandford It is with great sadness that The Heritage Education Trust learns of the death of its founder, Lord Sandford, and the Award scheme named after him. In 1977, Lord Sandford instigated the Sandford Awards to encourage teachers to visit stately homes, castles and cathedrals and use them within their school curricula. In 1983 he recruited the chairmen of The National Trust, English Heritage and The Historic Houses Association to join him in founding The Heritage Education Trust to administer The Sandford Award. The scope of the Award has evolved over the last twenty five years and now embraces all manner of sites and properties that offer educational opportunities for learning within the historic environment throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Lord Sandford maintained a keen interest in the work of the Trust and the recipients of the Awards that bear his name. The Directors of the Heritage Education Trust and the members of the Judges’ Panel for the Award are committed to maintaining the standard of The Sandford Award as a testament to the pioneering work of Lord Sandford, which is as relevant today, as it was when he established the Trust and the Sandford Award. They will ensure that the Heritage Education Trust continues to support teachers by encouraging, recognising and promoting quality education services and delivery with the historic environment. The thoughts and prayers of all at the Heritage Education Trust, Bishop Grosseteste University College and Sandford Award Holders, past and present, are extended to Catherine, Lady Sandford and her family. Commander The Reverend Lord Sandford 1920 – 2009 To view Lord Sandford’s obituary in The Daily Telegraph follow the link: Lord Sandford’s obituary