Gathering and curating collections of memorable items, heritage and cultural objects, books, photos, arts and crafts, homeware is a feature of our CONNECT-CHALLENGE-CHANGE approach. Encouraging people of all ages to start new conversations, to be curious and to learn about each other.
These Heritage Boxes are available to borrow for use with people of all ages including schools, playgroups, youth groups, community hubs, U3A groups, care homes, in fact any place that lifelong learning takes place and there is curiosity.
Heritage Boxes contain heritage items, memorable objects grouped in themes, countries or a loose time in history with supporting materials, images and activities. All of the items can be handled to help people of all ages get a real feel for the past and the present, the familiar and the exotic. Each box can be used for many subjects and as a starting point for activities such as creative writing, art stimulus, reminiscence, historical exploration.
Each box contains a selection of authentic items, many with a ‘people story’ behind them, and often sourced from country or region of origin, sometimes donated with a family/ community memory attached. Each box has background information, ready-to-use activities and sometimes presentations/ short films. The boxes include ideas to begin with identity, heritage, our shared humanity through items as well as opportunities to explore a country.
A wide range of Global Collections are available to borrow, information can be found at:- https://glade.org/resources/global-resource-loans/
If you would like training on using the Global Collections or Heritage Boxes for more information contact Lynn – [email protected]
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Taste of Home
Games We Play
Trailblazing Nurse: Guyana to Somerset
Jamaica Collection
The Suitcase Literacy Collection
This box brings alive a migration story with cups, saucers, a table & chairs.
In the story, a creature arrives one day pulling a large suitcase, after travelling for a long time, the other animals are intrigued. What does he have in there? Can he really have a teacup and a table and chairs and a cabin on a hillside inside this suitcase? Impossible! Items include cups and saucers of some Somerset residents and prompts travel story sharing.
Oware Collection
West Africa Home Corner (Early Years)
WW2-Era Hidden Story in Somerset
This box re-tells some of the years of WW2 and its immediate aftermath, when black American GI's were in Britain, a feature being the story of their children with the white Somerset women they befriended. Authentic items to handle & be
curious about; a different time often with different views.
Windrush Replica Suitcase – Mini Display
Windrush the Journey: People & Place
The ‘Windrush’ generation arrived in the UK from Caribbean Islands between 1948 and 1973. This collection gives some insight into opportunities and challenges faced. In 1948 the Caribbean was a part of the British commonwealth,
those who arrived were automatically British subjects and
free to permanently live and work in the UK.
St Lucia–2 Collection Culture & Heritage
