CALL OUT TO LOCAL GROUPS: MAPPING OUR HERITAGE AT STIRLING 900 CULTURE NIGHT

Written By Kevin Harrison

Mapping from Doune Together, Scene Stirling

We are delighted to be ending Stirling's 900th Anniversary celebrations with a wonderful Finale programme. As part of these plans we are hosting a Culture Night at Stirling Castle, with a local call out to culture and heritage organisations that has had a wonderful response. 

We are however aware that there are a wide range of small groups, often run voluntarily who deliver incredible opportunities for Stirling people to be involved in heritage, culture and community every day and all year round and so we are reaching out to see if we might be able to include you in a very small but hopefully meaningful way as we seek to build on the legacy of Stirling 900 with a wide network of organisations who are passionate about Stirling.

Cornton bunting from Remembering Together Stirling

Murray Cook, Stirling's Archaelogist, alongside others are hoping to host a mapping stand on the evening where we can represent this diverse range of local efforts and give everyone their place, and make our vibrant community organisations more visible.


To this effect we would love for you to reply to contact us with some very simple information so we can represent, include you and stay in contact as we plan future programmes and events.

If you get in touch with your organisation's name, contact details, purpose and if possible a location to map you to in Stirling. We would hope to create a visual map on our stand, share information about some of the varied groups, talk and meet people and potentially even lead into the creation of a virtual map and contact database to stay in touch about cultural events and opportunities moving forward.



Kevin Harrison
Kevin Harrison is the Director of Artlink Central, a charity and social enterprise designing creative experiences in conjunction with artists, public bodies and led by disadvantaged or marginalised people particularly in health, social care or criminal justice contexts. . Kevin joined the organisation five years ago and was previously Arts and Wellbeing Manager with Sense Scotland since 2006, supporting a Scotland-wide participation in the arts for disabled people with communication needs. Kevin managed the development of a range of arts projects including Threads and Found in Translation, projects exploring cultural diversity and disability, and Leaving New Craigs, a life history project in Inverness for people leaving the last long stay hospital in Scotland. He managed a national arts and wellbeing team and supported the establishment of a strong creative programme in the TouchBase, a new inclusive base for people and communities supported by Sense Scotland in the south side of Glasgow. Kevin who has a degree in theatre and film from Roehampton University and who undertook postgraduate studies in Arts Management and Policy at Birkbeck University of London is also a trustee for Scottish Prison Arts Network, chair of Dementia Friendly Forth Valley as part of a Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) programme. Previous posts include freelance editor and administration roles with key national disability arts organisation, Shape Arts and public sector roles in Arts Development and as Business Manager, Creative Academy, Slough Borough Council, supporting a multi-million pound EQUAL creative industries inclusion programme . He also has experience of managing Music 4 Slough, a Youth Music Action Zone.
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