Nomination Form for Outstanding Individual Contributions

No specific guidelines are laid down, and any kind of outstanding individual contributions undertaken by those who are not professionally engaged in the subject will be considered by our Awards Panel.

The practice of local history is diverse, and the purpose of this scheme is to identify and publicise good practice by volunteers in whatever form it appears.

Nominations must be made by completing this form and sending it to the Awards Secretary (address below) by 1 January. Each year the winners will be invited to receive their certificates at Local History Day.

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    Please provide names, contact details, and references from two referees to support this nomination.

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Why BALH?

Nick Barratt Historian and Author

Where did your ancestors live?

It is impossible to trace the history of one’s family without considering where they lived. Local history societies and one-place study groups have researched and published content that will allow you to place the lives of your ancestors in the context of their local communities, villages, towns and cities as well as some of the key socio-economic factors that lay behind their development. They often use the same sources as family historians, and can help provide an alternative interpretation of a document or suggest new resources to help your research.

Nick Barratt, Historian and Author

Meet the team

Peter D'Sena Trustee

Peter D'Sena

Peter D’Sena is Emeritus Professor of History and Education at the University of Hertfordshire, specialising in crime, history education and curriculum development, with a longstanding commitment to equality, inclusion and decolonising history.

Peter D'Sena, Trustee