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Friends of Catalyst A friends organisation was formed in 1987 to support Catalyst and now has more than fifty members. Its aims include:
The Museum is continually expanding its activities and needs more support from its Friends to help it achieve this growth. Please help us to help the Museum by joining the Friends today.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
HELPING HANDS Friends can make a valuable contribution to the practical work of Catalyst by helping in a range of interesting Museum activities. These currently include:-
There are two categories of membership, category a (membership only) and category b (membership PLUS annual admission to the museum) Subscription rates are currently as follows:
Students (single membership subscription) £ 13 / year
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Friends Lectures 2009-10 All meetings at 7.30 in Catalyst except where indicated Everybody Welcome, small charge for non-members Free parking
Thursday October 8th 2009 Cleaning up the Mersey Basin: Where have we come from, where are we going? – Diane Kitcher, United Utilities In 1985, the Mersey Estuary was the most polluted estuary in the UK, receiving up to 60% of the mainland pollution generated by industry and the 5 million population. Come and hear about the transformation brought about since then, and the continuing improvement efforts needed by UU and others to meet long-term Water Quality targets.
Thursday November 12th 2009 Industrial symbiosis: Where there's muck... – Ewan Macdonald, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)Industrial symbiosis is good for all of us – it’s about maximising the value of scarce resources through innovation in recycling, material recovery, product development and energy recovery. NISP is a national programme set up to help industry exploit opportunities for collaboration to reduce waste and thus enhance a sustainable business model.
Thursday January 14th 2010 Degradation of Plastics in Museums – Colin Williamson (MD, Smile Plastics) People often think of plastics as cheap and disposable, but some types have now been with us for well over 100 years, and some objects made from them are now, perhaps unexpectedly, highly valued. How do we preserve such objects, well beyond the horizon envisaged by their creators?
Thursday February 11th 2009 Stories from My Life in Science: Developing Products and Business in chemical and allied industries – Chris Pickles (General Manager, Ceram Surface and Materials Analysis) This talk will draw on the speaker’s >35 years experience of working in industrial R&D and related business functions. During this period the rôle of industrial R&D has changed dramatically. He will offer first hand perspectives on this evolution from his own career in the consumer goods, chemicals and automotive industries, as well as in government science and technology transfer/ spin-out.
Thursday March 11th 2009 The Large Hadron Collider – Sandy Donnachie (Manchester University) The world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator was built to do four major experiments addressing answer key questions concerning the nature of matter. Come and hear what these are, why we need this huge apparatus, and the very latest results and progress.
All lectures begin at 7:30 pm in the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Mersey Road, Widnes WA8 0DF. Refreshments are provided. All are welcome: attendance is free to Friends of Catalyst, and open to others for a small charge of £2 to help cover costs.
Bill Sanderson Programme Secretary
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