The National Trust for Canada is on a mission to help a Canadian community save one of its heritage places with the ‘Next Great Save’ competition. Applicants have until Dec. 16 to apply.
“People across Canada love their heritage places. These sites tell the stories of our communities and our country. When heritage places are at risk, people step up to save them, often showing how global issues can be tackled at the local level,” says the Trust.
Sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance, the winner of the competition and the $50,000 prize will be announced on Feb. 23, 2023.
Registered charities or not-for-profits are invited to take part, and to date approximately 20 places have already shown interest in taking part.
To qualify, groups need to have project plans for their heritage place that focus on renewing, retrofitting, adapting, or improving the place in a way that helps their community and extends its useful life.
The role of heritage places to address current issues like climate change, diversity and inclusion, and housing is particularly important to the National Trust. Projects that prioritize sustainability and climate action or increase diversity and inclusion will have an advantage. This could include improving the carbon footprint of the heritage place, increasing accessibility, telling untold stories, or other creative approaches to these global issues.
A jury of representatives from the National Trust, Ecclesiastical Insurance and heritage development professionals will choose finalists based on the applications. A public vote, starting Jan. 20, will decide which finalist becomes the ‘Next Great Save.’
Interested groups can submit an application for the Next Great Save competition on the National Trust for Canada’s website and heritage enthusiasts can follow the competition using #NextGreatSave on the National Trust’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. For more details and the official rules and regulations visit www.nationaltrustcanada.ca/nextgreatsave.
National Trust for Canada
The National Trust for Canada is an independent national charity that empowers communities to save and renew heritage places, working with partners, donors, and funders to see heritage places play their part as cornerstones of climate action and social cohesion.
The Trust challenges the status quo to keep useful older and heritage buildings out of landfill, and empower local heritage sites with game-changing coaching and expertise; also, to inspire travellers with beautiful historic places to visit and discover.
Members enjoy access to over 100 sites across the country, such as the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse in Newfoundland; Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ont.; Metic Crossing, Smoky Lake, Alta.; and the Old Log Church, Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon.
As well as 1,000 sites outside Canada through the International National Trusts Organization.