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Heritage, History & Her

Case Study: Heritage Skills

Page in Groundwork South and North Tyneside's Impact Report. Text reads: Enriching Lives through Culture and Heritage. Inspiring engagement and discovery informed by our past, present and future. Skills from the past, for the future Our Heritage Skills project offers people of all ages and abilities, the chance to learn skills in traditional crafts such as; basket weaving, thatching, metallurgy, embroidery, leatherwork and calligraphy. Working alongside specialists in heritage crafts, volunteers and visitors gain knowledge and understanding in heritage skills that can then be put to good use in shaping the future of Jarrow Hall's Anglo-Saxon Farm, Village. Jarrow Hall apprentice, Molly Wyatt, played a key role in the success of this heritage skills project. 2390 Volunteer Hours 69 Heritage Skills Workshops Delivered 91 Volunteers Recruited Supported by Heritage Fund and Arts Council England. The right side of the landscape page has an image of 4 volunteers around medieval bellows learning metallurgy. The Jarrow Hall logo is beneath this.

Coordination and development of a series of workshops teaching volunteers heritage skills to bring Jarrow Hall’s Anglo-Saxon ‘village’ back to life.