Residential Aims
The Rural Heritage Summer School is for community and heritage practitioners working and living within rural communities in Northern Ireland. It’s a three day residential based in the Sperrin Mountains that aims to:
- Provide rural community and heritage practitioners an opportunity to learn about the heritage that lies in these mountains
- Time for curiosity and exploration for rural practitioners
- Opportunities for relationship building and networking
- Learn about what other rural communities are exploring and delivering in their rural place
Each day you will meet individuals and organisations that are delivering fantastic heritage and community initiatives, who will share their learnings, challenges and how they connect heritage to place. We will be joined by several organisations and individuals including Quarto, Ulster Architectural Heritage, Butterlope Farm, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Glasgowbury, Sperrin’s Partnership and OM Dark Sky.
Residential Information
- The dates of the residential are: Thursday 21st August - Saturday 23rd August. The ticket you choose includes the three days.
- We will be staying at An Creagan’s stunning cottage buildings. Some individuals will have to share rooms (max 2 in a room), but please get in contact with Kelly Donaghy for more information and the layout of the rooms. kelly@ruralcommunitynetwork.org
- RCN is subsidising the cost of the summer school to make it affordable for people living in rural communities.
- If cost is going to be prohibitive, contact us and we can discuss this.
- Please wear comfortable clothing and footwear as we will be walking in a mix of terrain throughout the three days. If you have an accessibility issues, please let us know.
- The residential is over 18's only.
This summer school is part of our HEARTH project and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
