09 October 2025

Starts: 19:00
Ends: 20:00

The Scottish Community Heritage Alliance is holding a set of online discussion sessions, providing opportunites for people involved in local heritage to share concerns, successes and network.  

While there are several key themes which have emerged from the roadshows, we want to have wide and open discussions. What do you think is the chief problem facing your group just now? Do you have any successes to share relating to these problems or in general? What do we need to address these problems (simply more money is not the answer)? Can you think of ways to collaborate with other groups in the future? What support can SCHA offer to help in the future?  

18th September - Volunteering
30th September - Fundraising
9th October - Social Media & Marketing
28th October - Signposting Resources
6th November - General Discussion  

To book, simply email scottishcommunityheritage@gmail.com, stating the session(s) you would like to attend.

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09 October 2025

Starts: 09:00
Ends: 17:00

Creating a Cairngorms Cultural Heritage Network

A face-to-face event seeking to establish a shared voice for cultural heritage in and around the Cairngorms National Park.

Please join  to:

• explore and describe the Cairngorms National Park cultural heritage landscape
• build enthusiasm for collaborative action
• develop a shared voice for cultural heritage

Free. Bookings via Eventbrite 28 September 2025. Tickets must be booked in advance. Spaces at this event are limited and a waiting list is in operation. If you have booked and find yourself unable to attend, for any reason, then please surrender your ticket to enable someone on the waiting list to take the place.

Would you like to display a poster? Are you from a cultural heritage organisation or project in the National Park that you would like to share information about? There is an opportunity for you to have a poster up for the day in the exhibition space. If you are interested, please email ruraldevelopment@cairngorms.co.uk by 20 September to request a poster template and space.

 

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09 October 2025

Starts: 14:00
Ends: 15:00

Arts & Heritage Towards Climate Justice

Talk by Sue Jane Taylor

Organised by Timespan Museum, Helmsdale. Details and bookings from their website.

Artist Sue Jane Taylor has spent over three decades documenting the lives of offshore workers and the changing landscapes of the North Sea. In this talk, she will share how her artistic practice captures the human and environmental stories of oil, gas, and renewables. She will reflect on how art and heritage can help us understand the legacy of fossil fuels and imagine a fairer transition towards sustainable futures

Part of HERITALISE, a major Horizon Europe project exploring the future of digital heritage and rethinking the role of heritage in today’s digital challenges.  While the consortium gathers in Helmsdale for three days of working sessions, on the 8th and 9th of October Timespan is hosting a free public programme of talks, a field visit to the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an evening of food and music. These events invite local communities and visitors to join the conversation and experience how heritage can be mobilised for truth-telling, climate justice, and collective imagination.

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