The Heritage Youth Partnership Newsletter
December 2024
As we near the end of 2024, we want to say a huge thank you for your involvement in the Heritage Youth Partnership. It’s been a fantastic year. We look forward to continuing our work with you in 2025.
New stakeholders – welcome!
Find out more about it and watch a video on how to ‘Take the Heritage Challenge’.
Partnership Development and Fundraising
Our current funding runs until 28 February 2025. We were invited to submit a proposal for 2025-27, which is fantastic news! Thank you for sharing your views, which have informed the final bid.
Regional Partnerships
One of the aims of this initiative is to broker partnerships at a local and national level. One early success has been the development of a regional partnership between Girlguiding North West England and Historic England’s Heritage Schools team. The result has been the launch of ‘Legacy Explorers’, a challenge pack which is all about Girlguiding North West England’s heritage.
You can find the ‘Legacy Explorers’ pack and other resources on the Girlguiding North West England website. Watch the film they created to launch the pack here.
Local ‘Heritage Challenge’ Social Action Projects Round-Up
We have lots of exciting heritage-themed social action projects underway, in which young people across England are sharing their heritage to make a positive change in their community.
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3rd Forest Hill Brownies, in partnership with Kinetika Bloco, explored carnival music and culture.
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Savile Town Scouts raised money by creating, advertising and selling items inspired by their heritage. They shared stories of their heritage with members of the community at an event at Dewsbury Arcade.
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RAF Air Cadets – Cheviot Hills World War II plane crash sites heritage project continues to be developed, with cadet’s ideas shaping the project and expeditions starting.
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Derbyshire Scouts Archaeology Team are exploring the story of an Anglo-Saxon brooch, discovered by two Scouts on a dig. They will work with Derby Museum to influence how the brooch can be displayed in the museum and learning about heritage and museum careers.
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Sankey Valley District Girlguiding are developing a project which will see Brownies and Guides discovering and sharing their heritage by each designing a tile to create a mosaic.
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Sea Cadets Wandsworth will investigate the heritage of their unit and alumni, interviewing past Sea Cadets members and sharing local stories with the community.
Certificates
We can offer Heritage Explorer and Heritage Champion certificates for all young people who take part in heritage projects. Explorer certificates are for groups who have completed an introductory heritage activity, which might include research, a talk or visit. Champion certificates are for groups or young people who design, complete and share a heritage project that has a positive community impact. These can be presented whenever suits your unit. Contact us for template(s).
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1st Herne Bay Cub Scouts (see headline picture) were presented with individual Explorer certificates and a group award. Historic England’s Mark Harrison delivered a talk on heritage and arranged a visit to English Heritage’s Reculver Towers and Roman Fort. The children also answered questions about their own heritage customs and practices.
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Cheltenham Volunteer Police Cadets (Gloucestershire) - Heritage Explorer certificates were presented to Cadet Morris (17) and Section Officer Betteridge (16) for researching the names and locations of the graves of Police Officers killed in the line of duty. This is the first stage of a social action project which they hope to develop further in 2025.
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