Just bumped into Rob Deeks, Project Development Worker, Aik Saath. I asked him for his feedback on how the conference is going.

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Workshop leaders were:

• Ruth Clarke Community Learning Manager London, The National Trust
• Nicole Crockett Director, The Building Exploratory
• Ginny Lunn Head of Policy and Development, The Prince’s Trust

The workshop started of with a group discussion around three key questions

• What is sustainability and what are the legacies?
• Who is sustainability for?
• What is the value of sustainability? (more…)

Workshop Leaders were:

• Nicky Morgan – Inspiring Learning for All, MLA
• Rosy Prue – Development Manager, Artswork

A lively and frank session that enabled participants to get to grips with some tricky issues in a supportive atmosphere.

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Workshop was led by:

• Hamza Vayani - Chief Executive, Youth Voice
• Andy Kelly - Young Roots Coordinator, HLF
• Caroline Gleaves - Youth Arts Manager, Trafford Youth Service
• Marika - one of the young people from Trafford Youth Service

Questions posed as discussion points for this work shop were:

Q. What are the needs of young people and how can we meet them?

Q. What lessons can be learnt from successful youth projects?

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Workshop leaders were:

• Veronica Bowers - Feek – Unpaid Work Project Manager, Sussex Probation Service
• James Mason – Northumbria Dry Stone Walling Institute
• Chris Holyrod – Head of Access and Learning, HM Young Offenders Institute Deerbolt
• Gail Graham – Outreach Officer, English Heritage

Speakers from the Probation Service, Deerbolt Young Offenders Institute in County Durham, the Northumberland Dry Stone Walling Institute and English Heritage discussed two projects involving offenders. One project involved people subject to Community Punishment orders, working to restore an old mill. The other involved young offenders on day release from their institution learning how to build traditional dry stone walls.

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Workshop Leaders were:

• Maria Adebowale - Director, Capacity Global
• Junie Joseph - Community Champions Officer, Mosaic Partnership, Council for National Parks

The aim of this session was to identify barriers to widening access to green spaces and natural heritage, and to look at ways how they might be overcome. (more…)

This workshop was led by:

• Heather Worth, Outreach Officer, Tyntesfield, The National Trust
• Carola Vorlop, Volunteering Development Consultant
• Debs McCahon, Young Roots Coordinator with HLF

The facilitators worked with the delegates in small groups to explore how heritage volunteering can be successfully developed to reflect diversity in our society.

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Workshop led by:

• Julian Dunn, Action Factory

Introduction

This was a practical workshop with a number of activities designed to get us thinking about using arts with a heritage theme. After splitting into two groups, the participants began the session with an introductory activity, using small children’s toys. We each chose an item and used it to introduce ourselves to the rest of the group, including our reason for our choice and what the item meant to us.

We then discussed the various projects that we were involved in, and chose one project within each group to look at in more detail. (more…)

Workshop Leader:

• Padmini Broomfield - Community Historian, Southampton City Council

This lively session offered a whistle stop tour of the crucial things to think about if you are embarking on a project to collect oral histories. Presenter Padmini Broomfield drew on her extensive experience as an oral historian for Southampton City Council, providing practical tips covering preparation, identifying interviewees, the interview process, equipment, documentation and many creative ideas on what to do with the oral history once it has been collected.

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Discussion chaired by Karen Brookfield, Deputy Director, Heritage Lottery Fund.

Panelists were:

• Maurice Davies Department Director, Museums Association
• Dr Nick Merriman Director, Manchester Museums
• Dave Roberts Executive Director, Community Foundation for Merseyside

They discussed what sustainability actually means and how organisations can rise to the challenge of sustaining work with new audiences that goes beyond project limited funding.

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