Heritage Experiences Need to Be Created with rather than for Young People (Scottish Civic Trust): Read the key takeaways from our 2019 Spring Symposium ‘Our Past, Our Future: Young People & Heritage’, which was an opportunity to present projects and reflect on the progress made during the Year of Young People (2018).

Stone, Sea and Sky (Scottish Civic Trust): Produced for Doors Open Days 2019’s 30th anniversary celebrations, this toolkit is filled to the brim with ideas for engaging children and young people with the buildings, spaces and places around them.

Engaging Young People in Heritage (YouthLink Scotland): Since 2018, YouthLink Scotland has worked in partnership with youth groups across Scotland to ensure young people are at the forefront of citizen science and research. This resource is intended for use for anyone working with young people who would like to engage them with heritage using a youth-led research approach. 

Recommendations for Involving Young People with Heritage (Historic Environment Scotland Youth Forum): This report details the recommendations from the HistoricScot Youth Forum, with the hope to help shape opportunities for a diverse and inclusive workforce in the heritage sector and increase young people’s interest and involvement in their local heritage.

Blast from the Past: Young People Learn to Connect Heritage, Modernity and Personal Identity (Children Scotland): A recent report from Children in Scotland’s Heritage Hunters project shows how it has helped connect children and young people with the past, emphasising the significance to modern life and personal identity. But the end of project report also reveals a gap in engaging teenagers and young adults with museums and galleries.

Diverse Heritage Officer Jen Novotny discusses how to identify partners to work with, how to get in touch with potential partners, how to facilitate co-planning meetings and above all how to ensure that the partnership is mutually beneficial.

Director Susan O’Connor shares her experience with making heritage events more inclusive. Delivered as part of Pollokshields Heritage’s 2021 spring lecture programme.

In response to the Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020, our 2020 annual conference focussed on how the Scottish heritage sector can address racism and build an inclusive future for Scottish heritage.

In response to the Black Lives Matter and anti-racism movements of 2020, we drafted a strategy that outlines how we will address colour-based racism.

We collaborated with the National Trust in England to create a toolkit to help European Heritage Days coordinators co-create, deliver and evaluate inclusive events.

Our Diverse Heritage Officer Jen Novotny and Diverse Heritage Officer maternity cover Nicky Imrie reflect on Scottish Civic Trust’s and Scotland’s Urban Past’s projects to identify and record the Scotland’s queer heritage and explore how individuals think about complex and competing identities.

We collaborated with the National Trust in England to research levers, barriers, and enablers to participation in European Heritage days by individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Partnering with local organisations that reach your target audiences is an effective way to diversify your membership and audiences. Make Your Mark has compiled a handy list of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion organisations and community groups across Scotland.