# BELPER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1158020
- **Other names:** BHS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 28, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1158020


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Strutts Centre Ltd, Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire
- **Postcode:** DE56 1UU
- **Phone:** 01332 891346
- **Email:** treasurer@belperhistoricalsociety.co.uk
- **Website:** www.belperhistoricalsociety.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF BELPER, ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITIONS; - ENCOURAGING PRACTICAL HISTORICAL RESEARCH INTO BELPER’S PAST; - COLLECTING AND PRESERVING ARTIFACTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ARCHIVES, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF BELPER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND- MAKING SUCH RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR STUDY BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

**Activities:** The Society provides and advertises a public monthly lecture programme relating to all aspects of the history of Belper and the region. Provides public exhibitions, and has published several books.  We have amassed, conserved and catalogued a huge collection of photographs of the area, a large collections of archive documents and of historic artifacts which are used for education and research.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Derby City
- Derbyshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ian Jackson** | Chair | Nov. 2, 2023 |
| Andrea White |  | Nov. 20, 2025 |
| Jane Whitaker |  | Nov. 2, 2023 |
| Neil Hallsworth |  | Nov. 2, 2022 |




