Organise an event to celebrate your heritage
Heritage Open Days are a UK-wide series of events where heritage that is normally closed to the public is opened. This takes place in September every year. If you would like to share your heritage through one of these events you can find out how to get involved on the Heritage Open Days website.
10 event ideas to celebrate your heritage
Gather stories and information about objects which are important to your community and share them in a public event.
Organise an event in your local park where people share their stories with each other
Create a demonstration by local craft workers to discover and promote your community’s skills
Organise an event which explores one aspect of nature important to your community
Organise a trip to a place which is important to you and your community. You could ask a local expert for a guided tour or explore on your own.
Create a scavenger hunt. Prepare a list of places participants must visit in your local area. Participants could take a picture at each place.
To showcase your food culture, organise a picnic with your community where people bring a favourite dish to share.
Run a photography or art competition on a theme related to your community’s heritage. Ask people to submit their artwork in advance. You could ask your local paper to print the winning entries, or display them at a community centre or local library.
Ask local businesses to give access to their archives or allow special tours of
their buildings or lands
Run an imagining history event. Give people the outline of a moment in history
and ask them to imagine they were there through writing stories, art or drama
