EXPO 2021st April

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Community Heritage StoresAn e-Innovations
Project

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• Ray Harding
• Chief Executive
• Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
• Project Owner Community Heritage Stores

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Our Motivation-

• Digital Divide
• Rural Isolation
• E-Government Investment
• Older People
• New Twist

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Customer Centred Approach

• Built around peoples interests
• Benefits designed to meet customers needs
• Flexible and evolutionary
• Reach out and deliver on their territory

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Why it is successful?

• Informal Approach
• Delivered by UKVillages
• Enthusiasm of the project team
• Active support of all the partners
• Building community capacity/skills
• Building community groups
• Good publicity
• Free food and drink
• Made it fun and alive

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• Ellie Stoneley UKVillages.co.uk
• Project Manager
• Community Heritage Stores

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What is the Community Heritage Store?

• Website
• Four worlds Natural, Cultural, Historical
  Living
• Box under the bed
• Workshops
• Listening/Recording
• Transport if needed
• Refreshments and entertainments
• Support
• Local Groups

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Who has taken part in the Community Heritage
Store?

• 33 local communities
• Launch event, pilot workshop and 4 local
  community workshops
• 228 attendees in total 58 Primary School
  children
• 73 were over 55 (project target audience)
• 40 had no experience of the Internet
• 48 had limited Internet experience

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Who has taken part in the Community Heritage
Store?

• Short video to give you a little of the flavour
  of the Community Heritage Store project

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• Paul Williman
• Community Heritage Group
• West Walton village, West Norfolk

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• Was there ever a Home Guard in West Walton?
• The question that started it all off

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The Real Dads Army
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The Good Old Days
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Allo Allo Whats Going On Here Then?
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• Rupert Dick UKVillages.co.uk
• Senior Supplier
• Community Heritage Stores

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What next for Community Heritage Store?

• National roll out
• Linking with other projects
• Use of UKVillages.co.uk gazetteer infrastructure
  and user base
• Local CHS groups springing up all over the place

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• Community Heritage Stores
• Partners and Supporters

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• Other CHS Project Board members available for
  questions
• Adrienne Cameron (East of England Museums
  Libraries and Archives Council EEMLAC)
• Creating Community Heritage as part of the
  national asset via ICT and Broadband
• Tim Anderson (Norfolk County Council)
• Links with national projects
• Jackie Squires (Borough Council of Kings Lynn
  and West Norfolk)
• Community Development work