The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Alan's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Alan
Dr Alan Butler is a director of the and an Associate Lecturer at the Ƶ where he leads on the Heritage MA Display and Interpretation module and is a co-director of .
In 2016 he completed an AHRC funded collaborative PhD called “Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth 1950 - 2012” with the Ƶ. The project involved the formation of a specific LGBTQ+ history accession for the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office (now The Box) which currently sits alongside the Pride in Plymouth’s LGBTQ+ Community Archive. This archive currently comprises around 100 oral history interviews along with memorabilia pertaining to the performance of LGBTQ+ identity in the city over a sixty-year period was awarded the “Most Inspirational” archive award by the , where he is now part of the committee, as well as being an trustee of the and the chair of their LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group.
He is also a Volunteer and Community Engagement Officer with the National Trust at and co-facilitates the , for , where he serves as a trustee.
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