Case Studies

The funding was to support Soulisquoy Young Associates (SYAs) to develop and deliver a project of their own devising that would appeal to children and young people 12-18 year olds. Their project involved heat press printing and applique to produce a set of individual banners and one large collaborative piece.

The event was a photographic exhibition of the building of the Churchill Barriers, which had never been viewed publicly before. 

We are delighted to report that the 40^th Anniversary Festival went very well indeed and even exceeded our expectations in terms of ticket sales

Hoy Heritage Centre – Friends of Hoy Kirk

The project aimed to collect, research and share Orkney family legends about surnames and place names. These aims were all achieved.

The project collected 226 legends in a database (including some variants of the same story). These were drawn from both oral and written sources: Interviews with Orkney people, oral history audio archives at Orkney Archive and School of Scottish Studies, published books (e.g. George Marwick Yesnaby’s Master Storyteller), pamphlets (e.g. produced by heritage groups and projects), magazines (e.g. Sib Folk News) and websites.