{"id":943,"date":"2026-04-09T08:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/?p=943"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:03:35","slug":"helios-is-now-open-at-grimsby-minster-as-part-of-ofsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/2026\/04\/helios-is-now-open-at-grimsby-minster-as-part-of-ofsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Helios is now open at Grimsby Minster as part of OFSH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The VANEL team were in attendance at Grimsby Minster on 8th April as part of the official launch of the exciting Helios exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helios is open until May.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourfuturestartshere.co.uk\/\">Find out more here and book your visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helios is the first large art event as part of the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourfuturestartshere.co.uk\/\">Our Future Starts Here (OFSH) programme<\/a>&nbsp;which will run for the next five years and which VANEL is an instrumental partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were very excited to help reveal Helios to the residents of Grimsby and we hope it will spark discussions about what the Sun means to us and how it affects us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of our photos from the event below, but watch videos from Grimsby Telegraph&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/922815013719800\">on Facebook here<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk\/news\/grimsby-news\/gallery\/giant-sun-sculpture-helios-arrives-10908072\">on the website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/helios-open-poster-9apr-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/helios-open-poster-9apr-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/helios-open-poster-9apr-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/helios-open-poster-9apr-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/helios-open-poster-9apr.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our Caring Sun is our Green Influencers touring exhibition which will also be at the Minster alongside Helios on a number of dates.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/2026\/04\/our-caring-sun-a-green-influencers-event-alongside-helios\/\">Read about this here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s even more of an events programme alongside Helios at the Minster &#8211; so&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourfuturestartshere.co.uk\/whats-on\/\">read the programme details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Helios from the artist Luke Jerram&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/my-helios.org\/about\/\">on his website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2-1200x676.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_173448-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">come and join us during April\/May at Helios, Grimsby Minster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_180244-2.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thank you to Cllr Janet Goodwin, Mayor of North East Lincolnshire for supporting the launch of Helios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_181305-2.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helios filling the Minster!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-1024x158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-1024x158.png 1024w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-768x118.png 768w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-1536x236.png 1536w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-2048x315.png 2048w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-1200x185.png 1200w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/digital-transparent-background-3-1980x305.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helios has arrived. As part of the OFSH programme VANEL are involved with this event, so read more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34,26],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vanelnews","tag-helios","tag-ofsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/vanel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}