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We're really excited for you to get to know the National Space Centre better and to bring you closer to the work we do here! Space may be very far away for the vast majority of us; but starting from now, the National Space Centre will be closer than ever before.
Every year on 01 July, Canadians across the world commemorate and celebrate the birth of their country. To mark this special day, I decided to sit down with our Community Engagement Presenter, Sean, who has been with the National Space Centre for several years and who happens to be Canadian himself!
Since 2020, we’ve been gradually embedding our Ethos and Values into every aspect of the National Space Centre. But now it’s time to make what we stand for visible from the moment you arrive. Now when you arrive, you'll notice our colourful banners elegantly displayed on our lampposts.
We are so lucky to have such a skilled and intelligent team who ensure that everything we teach our visitors about space is both accurate and accessible. But sometimes, you just have to call in the specialists! That's why we now have not one, not two, but four designated Space Experts from our close friends at the University of Leicester, who are ready to provide their vast knowledge about more in depth STEM subjects.
One of the reasons the National Space Centre exists is to help people with an interest in STEM to find their way into a career. But when our management team caught wind that a member of Space Crew was struggling to get into his chosen field, a plan was hatched to help him gain the experience he was lacking whilst using his expertise to benefit the National Space Centre.
As we mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024, I thought it was the perfect time to spotlight another one of the unsung heroes who works behind-the-scenes here at the National Space Centre. For this Our Space, I was joined by Katrina, our Health and Safety Officer, to not only talk about what we do to keep everyone in the Centre safe, but also why it’s so important to be conscious of Health and Safety every day of the year.
We now have Water In A Box and Bottle Up on sale in Boosters to keep you hydrated during your visit. With this change we can now loudly and proudly confirm that we have reached our goal to remove all single-use plastic from our cafe.
With such a huge number of people coming to learn about space, we have to be aware of what to do in case somebody falls ill during their time with us. Our Health and Safety Officer, Katrina, recently organised for the team from Heartwize to visit us and spend time training our First Aiders on what to do in the event of someone experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.
This week we celebratie World Book Day and catch up with our very own Sophie Allan, Head of Teaching and Learning at the National Space Academy and first-time author, to discuss her brand-new book The Solar System.
This week we look at how 6 perfectly ordinary fire hoses avoided being sent to landfill, and were instead turned into beautiful fashion accessories which will both support a charity and reduce the amount of waste that we produce.
As we approach the end of January, we take a closer look at our brand-new mural that was decorated by all the staff at the National Space Centre and proudly communicates our core philosophy: Space for Everyone.
