Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a call for UK volunteers to help it continue to remember the war dead on home soil in its brand-new volunteering scheme – Eyes On, Hands On.
The project will see the creation of a nation-wide army of volunteers equipped with the know-how to play their own part in the remarkable work of maintaining the memory of some 300,000 war casualties in the UK.
From youth groups to forces families, CWGC hopes that Eyes On, Hands On will raise awareness of these war casualties and provide a structured way for volunteers to make a real difference to our UK war graves................etc etc read the link below
https://www.cwgc.org/learn/news-and-events/news/2019/06/17/07/19/cwgc-calls-for-uk-volunteers-to-help-remember-war-deadAbout the project..............
Eyes On, Hands On volunteers will each be responsible for a small number of sites containing war graves near to where they live. They will receive training on what to look for when visiting the sites and be encouraged to learn more about those who are buried in the area.
Each time they visit their local sites they will feedback accurate information about the condition of war graves. Damaged headstones or more specialist work will be picked up by CWGC staff but if volunteers notice small amounts of cleaning or trimming of vegetation is needed between staff inspections they will undertake these minor works themselves.
They are now accepting applications for the first two regions of South-West (Cornwall to Oxfordshire) and East (Lincolnshire to Essex). In 2020 they will appoint volunteer coordinators for the rest of Great Britain. Once they are in post people in all parts of England, Scotland and Wales will be welcome to sign up.
https://www.cwgc.org/learn/news-and-events/projects/eyes-on-hands-onSandra