Mona Antiqua, Anglesey
Interpretation
Strategy for Anglesey produced with Ian Parkin Associates. A regional
strategic plan for the interpretation of the natural and cultural
heritage of Anglesey. This involved: establishing interpretive aims
and objectives; inventory of the interpretive resources; identifying
the key interpretive topics, themes and stories to be told; defining
the resources available; identifying the most appropriate places
at which to tell the stories; identifying the most appropriate, effective,
imaginative and interactive media to use; developing a hierarchy
of interpretive provision; identifying the operational and revenue
implications; & establishing
an effective mechanism for delivery. For
Menter Mon and Anglesey County Council.
Dodington Congregational Chapel, Whitchurch
Feasibility
Study to test a range of options for the adaptive reuse of a redundant
congregational chapel, with well preserved Regency interior, using the Architectural
Heritage Fund guidance. Specifically this involved testing the viability of
the venue as a community centre for arts, music and performance. This included
detailed assessment of a range of similar established performance venues to
establish a viable business plan and identify capital and revenue funding
deficits. For The Friends of Whitchurch Heritage.
Warley Woods, Sandwell
Project
manager for a 700 member Community Trust undertaking the restoration
of a Repton designed landscape, now an inner city park and golf course.
Responsible for: HLF bid and other funding bids including Peoples
Places, Big Lottery, SRB & Neighbourhood Renewal Fund amounting to
over £1.5 million; community capacity development and training; trustee
development; volunteer liaison, including work with Green Gym and
other volunteers; reminiscence workshops; event planning and management;
liaison with contractors, local authorities, neighbourhood management
teams, police, detached youth workers, schools and other groups;
media relations, design and production of regular newsletter and
exhibition; health and safety; draft conservation management plan
and setting up and administration of a charitable company.
Wye Valley AONB
Audit of
more than 2000 archaeological sites throughout the Wye Valley AONB
and Strategy for
Conservation and Public Access produced with the University of Birmingham
Archaeology Unit. The sites were assessed for accessibility, We carried
out a systematic analysis of the distribution and connectivity of
the sample provided and commented on potential gateways and connectivity
between sites and groups of thematically or geographically linked
sites. In order that visitors could be prompted to discover more
of the cultural landscape of the Wye Valley and be empowered to make
discoveries for themselves. For Wye Valley AONB office, in
preparation of an HLF bid.
Lower Wye Valley
Interpretation
and Visitor Experience Plan, produced with Ian
Parkin, this involved detailed trialling of a methodology for assessing
visitor management developed by the Forestry Commission. For each
cluster of sites we examined the pre-visit experience, the point
of arrival, the actual and potential gateways, dispersed gateways, boundary
signage and sources of information. In this way duplication of information
whether print or physical on site infrastructure can be minimised. A detailed
interpretation plan was produced with costed implementation framework. This
led to a £2m HLF implementation project, for AONB, Forestry Commission Wales
and Monmouthshire County Council.
Design + Content, Marion Blockley - Heritage Management