We are delighted to announce Community Heritage Conversations, a new series of events to bring together volunteers, community groups and heritage professionals, providing them with a stage to share experiences, inspire one another with ideas and plans, and to celebrate the places that matter to us all.

Community Heritage Conversations is a re-imagining of Scotland’s Community Heritage Conference, which since 2012 has developed into a lively forum bringing together many different voices from the heritage world. Life has changed in 2020, of course, and this year we bring you a series of monthly online events to explore the themes of resilience, innovation, adaptation & celebration. The series will start in November 2020 and run throughout 2021.

Regular attendees of the Community Heritage Conference will find many of the familiar features (and familiar faces) that have made it such a success – short talks showcasing the wonderful achievements of community heritage ventures around the country, lively discussions and, of course, our rapid-fire One Minute Mayhem. But those of you new to this will be especially welcome; you will bring new thoughts to the discussions and, we hope, will leave with you minds buzzing with fresh ideas and new insights.

Our first Conversation will be a half-day event on the morning of Saturday 14th November, under the banner ‘Celebrating Resilience’, and we have invited speakers from community groups who have pushed forward with their projects during this oh-so-challenging year, and have ambitions for the immediate future. With your help, we will be creating a memorable day of talks through hearing from you all about your involvement with community heritage in testing times.

The Conversations will be hosted on Zoom and will be free to attend. We know that some of you have found it difficult to engage with virtual platforms, but please be assured that we will be on hand to help you get the most out of the day.

Finally, please pass on this invitation to others who might be interested in sharing their experiences – we are sure there are many people, many groups, many communities we haven’t yet reached who could have a big positive impact on the Conversation. Please help us find them!

See below for the full programme.

Booking is now open – just click the ‘Register’ button.

Also, if you would like to offer a 60-second presentation in our One Minute Mayhem, please email chcscot@gmail.com.

If you would like to sign up for the next event in the series in December 2020- Adapting through Digital- follow the link here

Community Heritage Conversations is being delivered through a partnership of Archaeology Scotland, the Chartered Institute For Archaeologists, Historic Environment Scotland, Northlight Heritage, the Scottish Community Heritage Alliance and the Scottish Council on Archives.

Any questions? Contact: chcscot@gmail.com