Supporting Heritage and Traditional Skills
From LearningHearts
Revitalising traditional skills can be an important component of economic development particularly in connection with tourism.
These can also be important to a sense of cultural identify where a tradition way of life may have ended but an area still wishes to express a specific community uniqueness.
Where these skills are scarce or geographically confined community based learning can be the only way of linking the teacher with the learner, preserving local heritage and building a sense of community.
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Case Studies
Stubb Mill, Hickling Broad, Norfolk. (English/England)
Heritage Lottery Funding enabled five apprentice millwrights to undertake a 3 year training programme aimed at addressing the shortage of heritage skills throughout the country. This was the first time that the Broads Authority and the Norfolk Wildlife Trust had worked together on such a project which invloved restoring Stubb Mill. For more information on this project please Click Here. For more information on the Heritage Lottery Fund please visit their website http://www.hlf.org.uk
Local Museums developed through local efforts (Greece/Greek)
The development of linkages between generations through cultural memory prevention and traditional festivals . For that reasons a vast amount of Local Cultural Assosiations have already established by the habitants of local areas , with significant activity in preventing the Local history and traditions . OIVOTAS is such a museum flourished under the active volunteering of a group of citizens members of the Cultural and Enviromental Local organisation in the village NIFOREIKA ACHAIAS. http://www.dymi.gov.gr/Default.aspx?tabid=416
Grow Our Own (England/English)
The Grow Our Own (GO2) scheme at Bluebell South Allotments aims to help those who are interested but have little or no experience in growing fruit and vegetables. The project divides traditional large allotment plots into a number of smaller areas making them more managable. The group also has a collecive set of tools and green house for growing seedlings. Members exchange skills put also take part in social activities. http://grow-our-own.co.uk/
