'Building and Enriching Shared Heritages: A Toolkit for Community Organisations'

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This project will help to realise the value and application of arts and humanities research skills to the development of the community and voluntary sector. Through devising and delivering face-to-face workshops and online training resources and mentoring the project will equip the HLF local groups to enhance their research projects. The project aims to build on the successful phase I project in which the University's public engagement strategy has led to a series of working relationships between the community and researchers to empower the groups to deliver their grants. In conjunction with this is the opportunity for further development of a stimulating local and regional research culture in which local community members and academic researchers can engage in dialogue about research findings in the fields of heritage and local history. The main aim of the project is thus to further develop relationships with the community and to exchange knowledge in both the skills needed to conduct historical research and the content of the projects carried out by the local community groups. Finally, the University of Leicester has a rich tradition of public engagement in its arts and humanities research. This award will facilitate the consolidation of existing outreach and community engagement work to complement the wider University drive to embed public engagement in its research strategy.