PEACE IV Local Heritage Audit project

A new project which aims to collect community heritage resources in the Causeway Coast and Glens is getting underway.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Mar 2019, 13:46 BST
Updated 4th Mar 2019, 14:50 BST
Members of the RNIB Visually Impaired Group on a visit to Downhill assessing accessibility of the site as part of their Understanding our Area People and Place project.Members of the RNIB Visually Impaired Group on a visit to Downhill assessing accessibility of the site as part of their Understanding our Area People and Place project.
Members of the RNIB Visually Impaired Group on a visit to Downhill assessing accessibility of the site as part of their Understanding our Area People and Place project.

The PEACE IV ‘Understanding our Area- People and Place: Local Heritage Audit’ will promote the region’s special sites and stories and share them with locals and visitors through an online digital platform.

Local communities and other not-for-profit organisations are being asked to get involved and provide examples including:

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• Community based local museums / heritage centres / heritage sites/ trails that can be visited either through public openings or by appointment.

• Formerly unpublished but publicly available books and pamphlets on our local history.

• Useful links for visitors relating to our local history and culture.

This cross-community local heritage audit is being managed by Abarta Heritage on behalf of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Services.

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The programme is part of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s €4.3m funding award from the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

If you are part of a community group or not-for-profit organization involved in a heritage centre or trail that you would like to see included in the project please email [email protected]. Alternatively please contact Museum Services by emailing [email protected]

Pictured are members of the RNIB Visually Impaired Group at Downhill assessing accessibility of the site as part of their Understanding our Area People and Place project.