This site is part of the South West Heritage Trust.
To generate awareness about our work as a National Portfolio Organisation, we have attended several community events across the county, set up by other community focused organisations in Somerset.
After a successful Glastonbury Festival 2024, with our screen printing activity, we decided to start taking it to as many different community events as possible. This has included some of the ‘Together’ events, set up by local organisations such as Community Council for Somerset and Diversity Voice. So far, we have attended:
We have also attended other community events with our screen printing activity, including:
Through attending these events, we have solidified partnerships with other creative, culture based organisations and have thus been invited to several other events in the future. This is extremely helpful for us in our mission to reach communities and help them to access heritage.
Furthermore, we explored our stores at the Somerset Heritage Centre, and chose objects from the North Somerset Collection to take out to some of these events. As a Trust, we care for and provide curatorial support for the North Somerset Collection, which provides us excellent opportunity to share local stories with local people.
‘Seed is a charity that brings community-led creative projects to Sedgemoor on behalf of local community organisations. As part of the Arts Council Creative People and Places project for Sedgemoor, offering communities new opportunities to create, access and participate in creative arts, heritage and cultural activities.’ – Seed Sedgemoor.
Seed Sedgemoor invited us to use their Creative Popup Shop in Angel Place Shopping Centre, Bridgwater, as a popup museum. On 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th April, ‘The Story Of Invention In Bridgwater’ offered insight into Bridgwater’s past, as well as opportunities to take part in free creative activities.
We worked with MDesign, Somerset Film, and Ink Jam to curate the space – with exciting installations, museum collections, and creative activities.
