Every Life is a Story
Building Heritage Around Intergenerational Dialogue and Intercultural Befriending
About the Project
At The No.1 Befriending Agency, we were thrilled to share our Heritage Project, “Every Life is a Story – Building Heritage Around Intergenerational Dialogue and Intercultural Befriending,” which was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund!
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The main aim of the project was to incorporate an exploration of heritage into our already established befriending services. We wanted to reach people to whom heritage is not normally accessible and give them the opportunity to explore heritage and at the same time, build connections and confidence, reduce isolation and increase wellbeing. Although we were looking at heritage from all angles, the main themes we were exploring are:
Food and Drink
Gardens
Living Spaces and Sleeping Areas
Music
These topics were explored through group befriending sessions.
Project Partners
We were delighted to work with The Village Storytelling Centre to explore heritage using storytelling. We had monthly group sessions with them, and the information collected during these events were turned into a book at the end of the project which can be viewed here.
The Heritage Project was also supported by the Moving Images Archive at the National Library of Scotland. The Moving Images Archive kindly let us use their footage to help us explore our key themes.
This is an example of the kind of resources that were provided to us by the Moving Image Archive to support the project.
The year culminated in a final project celebration where we launched a range of recordings, a book produced with the Village Storytelling Centre and a photo exhibition, all of which can be found here.
