MKHA awards a heritage prize as a tribute to our late Chair, Robert Excell, for his tireless work to further heritage interests in the Milton Keynes area.
The Heritage Award is a £500 prize given annually and this year will be presented at an MKHA Members Meeting in Bradwell Common on Thursday, 19th June 2025. The award is to be used to undertake further heritage work.
Criteria
This is an opportunity to highlight the best work by a heritage organisation, society, or individual completed by the end of December 2024.
This could be a permanent or temporary exhibition, display, event, publication, website development, conservation or restoration work, community project, but demonstrating wider community engagement, and promoting local heritage.
Eligible for submitting an entry are current members of MKHA, or a local non-member group or individual at the discretion of the Judging Panel. The participants may be voluntary, paid staff or a combination of both linked with other groups and communities.
Applications for the 2024 awards are accepted up to the end of March 2025 to be judged during April and May.
In addition, all projects that have received MKHA grant aid and have been completed by the end of December 2024, automatically qualify for consideration for the 2024 Excell awards. Recipients will be notified of any further information is required beyond their final reports.
2023 Award
The first Award was presented on June 19th 2024 at Great Linford Arts Centre. The joint winners were John Gosling and Turvey History Society. A commendation was given to Woughton Heritage.
Application process
Submissions can be made through a simple application form. Forms should be submitted by Friday,, 28th March 2025.
In the absence of nominations a project can be selected by MKHA Executive Committee. Any completed MKCC/MKHA grant awarded project will automatically be considered alongside submitted applications.
Individual members of MKHA Executive Committee are ineligible for the award, and are not allowed to vote on submissions from any group with which they are directly associated. The Judging Panel will be the MKHA Executive Committee.