PAISLEY/BARRHEAD (DUNTERLIE)

 Aims

·      To creatively connect communities to their local culture: intangible cultural heritage, history, literature

·      To stimulate participation and bring together local activists and organisations

·      To record aspects of local culture - songs, stories, dances, traditions

·      To affirm the work of local practitioners

 Fieldworker

Daniel Serridge, with Helen Mill

 Partners and Contact Organisations

Corra Foundation, Dunterlie Community Centre, The Village Storytelling Centre, Folks Music Project

 Action Research

Mapping activities, walking the area, understanding the industrial history and present challenges that the community face, informal conversations

Friday Foodshare; story gathering sessions; Daffodil Teas; harp and storytelling group (Harp and Carp); folk jams; creative waiting room (prior to the weekly food share a space where people could have a cup of tea while waiting and be engaged in creative activity and story gathering)

 Productions

Harp and Carp performance, Village Storytelling Festival

Community Ceilidh