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New official WSRHT Website announcement

The Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that its official website will be ready for its inaugural launch next week, on Monday 16th August 2021. So please visit the new website a week today!

Following the successful Government’s Culture Recovery Fund funding in April 2021, the Heritage Trust used this package for support in various ways. Our Education Outreach Programme, reopening our museums and renovating our website have been some of the few projects the grant has financially benefited.

Since Spring 2021, Website Content Manager, Matt Sutton, has created a new design alongside a Taunton-based company, Distinctive UK, to set up the new online showcase for the Trust. Folks will notice some minor transition changes between the two websites in the coming weeks; so, please bear with us during this switch.

The Trust would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve Edge for his wealth of involvement and expertise with the original website since its creation.

To the right is a small snippet of the new website’s homepage, due published live next Monday. To view the new website post-Monday, go to www.wsrht.co.uk.  

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