Opportunity for Schools: National Heritage Keepers Programme Opens For Applications
Pupils from Kinvara NS taking part in Heritage Keepers. Photo courtesy of Burrenbeo Trust.
Burrenbeo Trust : Heritage Keepers
Closing Date: 4 October
Burrenbeo Trust has opened the latest round of the National Heritage Keepers Programme. Over 150 groups and schools have completed the free programme to date. Heritage Keepers are now looking for community groups and senior classes of primary schools to take part in its highly anticipated fourth round. Through a series of online workshops Heritage Keepers empowers groups and schools to delve into their local heritage and provides funding to allow them to take positive action. Rather than seeking to separate built, cultural and natural heritage the programme works on the principle that all aspects of heritage are very closely inter-linked and that these aspects work together to create our distinctive Places. Last year, 70 schools and communities participated in the programme, with the majority successfully completing local funded projects and actions. These actions included exhibitions, heritage trails, tree planting, podcast creation, booklets, wildlife ponds, oral history projects and ‘Place Celebration’ days. Funding for fieldtrips is also provided meaning participants get to visit local heritage sites in person rather than just learning about them online.
The programme consists of five two-hour online workshops, followed by dedicated support while completing the funded action. It is open for expressions of interest, with options to begin this autumn or in the New Year.
For further information go to www.heritagekeepers.ie.