To approve the acceptance of a grant totalling £99,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund administered by the Museums Association.

The grand is for a two-year project titled "Revealing Our Roots: Unearthing Common Ground." The project is aimed at collections-based community engagement, working closely with diverse communities in Herefordshire to reinterpret the Herefordshire Hoard.

The grant will be distributed in two instalments over the two-year period, with the first payment made after finalising project planning, budgets, and outcomes with the support of the Museums Association.

The project will:
- Engage communities in co-production workshops.
- Foster partnerships with schools, community organizations, and local creatives.
- Produce creative outputs in the form of exhibitions and digital media.
- Build a sustainable model of participatory practice for future museum initiatives.