Spring Grassroots Roadshows

We have been busy making arrangements for the spring series of Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Roadshows. We will be continuing our tour of the nation, with roadshows taking place in Glasgow to North Ayrshire, Central Scotland, Dundee & Fife, Highland, and Aberdeenshire & Moray.

Glasgow to North Ayrshire Roadshow, 1st February, Johnstone Town Hall
Central Region Roadshow, 15th February, Cochrane Hall, Alva
Dundee & Fife Roadshow, 8th March, venue TBC
Highland Roadshow, 15th March, Dingwall Academy
Aberdeenshire & Moray Roadshow, 22nd March, The Barn Arts, Banchory

The island roadshows, to be held in the Western Isles and Orkney & Shetland, will follow in the summer, when we hope for the weather to be kind to us for the ferries. Both of these will be hybrid events to allow everyone from the far reaches of the regions to attend, even if they are not able to physically get there. We also plan to hold a special online workshop on Heritage in Placemaking in the summer, open to all, as well as the Grassroots Heritage in Scotland Training Sessions.

We have a number of speakers confirmed for our spring roadshows:

Glasgow to North Ayrshire
Iain Ross Wallace, Scottish Stonemasons' Marks
A talk about the Scottish Stonemasons' Marks project with a particular local focus on Paisley Abbey.
Marjorie Perotto, Historic Environment Scotland
A talk on the Our Past, Our Future strategy. Marjorie's presentation will be immediately followed by a special discussion session to gather your views on the strategy.

Central Region
Russell Clegg, The Living Memory Association
An introduction to the LMA's new Resourcing Reminiscence project, which offers advice, support and training to groups in reminiscence and oral history capture.
Lisa Snedden, Keep Scotland Beautiful
A talk about Our Heritage, Our Future, Keep Scotland Beautiful's community-based programme exploring heritage and climate change themes.
ROOK - Rescuers Of Old Kilmadock

Highland
Jim Mackay, The Kirkmichael Trust
Jim will be the first speaker of the day to focus on the important topic of fundraising.
Fiona Mackenzie, Strathnaver Museum
Fiona will also speak on the subject of fundraising.
Iain Leith, Wick Heritage
A talk about succession planning for heritage groups.

We are on the verge of confirming further speakers and they will be announced on our Facebook page as they are confirmed. If you would like to speak on behalf of your organisation at the Aberdeenshire & Moray or Dundee & Fife Roadshows, please get in touch at scottishcommunityheritage@gmail.com

Anyone who works in or has an interest in heritage is most welcome to attend our roadshows. They are free to attend and we even have some travel bursaries available to assist you in getting there. Further details can be found on our website and Facebook page, or get in touch with us directly. We are currently taking bookings for stalls at all our spring roadshows. Simply email us at scottishcommunityheritage@gmail.com to reserve your table. Please state which roadshow you are attending in the email subject line.

We are also looking for enthusiastic Steering Committee members to decide the discussion topics each of for our roadshows. If you are in any of the regions we will be visiting in the spring series of roadshows and would like to join your local Steering Committee, simply drop us an email. We typically hold two online meetings in the run up to the roadshow. All are welcome. Please come with lots of ideas!