2. Century of Stories
Explores the social history around the individual and shared legacy of World War One.
Focuses on the impact on Leicestershire at the time of the conflict and in the immediate aftermath, and how the deep rooted social, cultural and personal consequences are felt today.

3. Hitting the streets with heritage The whole project is based on community engagement and improved understanding of and access to heritage.

4. Formal planned activity
Drop-in sessions
History Cafés
Exhibitions
Banners
Record Office days

5. Emergent and responsive
Capacity building
Training and support
New audiences
New projects
New partnerships
New networks
Sharing
Celebrating

6. Understanding Communities
What makes up a community?
How can people engage, achieve adapt and develop through Heritage
Needs. Motivations. Barriers
No preconceived ideas
Listen. Be brave. Take risks
Step out of the comfort zone.
Invite. Most people have never been asked!

7. Connecting with Communities
Outreach and research
Adapt working styles and relationships
Stimulate demand
Enlist support of existing networks, specialists and venues
Meaningful activities
Build trust, credibility
New social connections
Increase confidence pride and esteem
Build a sense of community
Publicise, share and celebrate

8. Co-creating with communities
Tap into sense of identity and pride
Interaction between traditional and non-traditional heritage users
Options and choices – non-prescriptive
Listening, facilitating, coaching, mentoring, sensitive, non-judgemental
Training in practical transferable skills
Belonging / purpose
End product
Sharing and recognition
Positive experience
Funding

9. Sustainability Strike a balance New and shared networks
Advice, guidance and mentoring
Sharing, signposting
Best practice
Fundraising, training
Recognition and celebration

10. Educational Resource

11. Academic Conference Making academia relevant and accessible
Discovering the undiscovered
Panel
Conference
MH106
Network

12. Heritage as a catalyst
Bespoke projects are a powerful vehicle to help enhance and improve people’s lives
We have the skills, knowledge and resources to give people the opportunity to broaden their horizons

13. Enhancing learning
‘I would just like to thank everybody that came over to school today and provided a fantastic input about our history. You bring history alive for our pupils and helped to create another memory for our pupils at Maplewell. We are delighted to announce that the individuals involved with CoS achieved the highest GCSE grades in the school’

14. Enriching families
“The banner is perfect! Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to take part in your project and to be able to honour my great grandfather in such a great way. I shall be ing it to other members of my family here in the UK and also in America & Canada” - Yvonne

15. Changing lives
Trevor is a member of the Bosworth Tommies, he’s a very happy man who loves doing art work but struggles to communicate due to his disability. Just before Christmas he was finalising his hand made poppy for the LCC Corporate Christmas card and he was so proud and excited about his achievements that he called out Helen, our Project Coordinators name to come and look at his work! This was an amazing moment and he now talks at least one sentence a session and we are really hoping this will improve.

16. Legacy Keeping heritage alive, accessible, relevant
Changing the culture of engagement
Recognised nationally for the Project’s achievements with communities and young people
Research and projects on new Record Office web page
Heritage Ambassadors
Participation team

17. Find us
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