On the Trail
Footsteps Round Your Heritage
By Ruth Imeson
A competition for children, families and youth organisations to create a ‘Heritage Trail’ that brings your street, your village or town ‘to life’.
The Trails should follow a route around a specific area of Nottinghamshire or follow a particular theme and must incorporate the local history/heritage of the area or as the basis for the chosen theme.
What can the buildings, street names, physical features or fields tell us about your area or how they can illustrate your theme? Why is ‘your place’ or theme important? Tell us, we would like to hear about it. Perhaps you could ask people in your area how it has changed or what they think of it today? Make it all into a Trail that others could follow…bring it to life through text, images, words, illustration, photographs or video.
You can carry out research at Nottinghamshire Archives or in your local library to find out more about your area or the background to your theme.
Award Categories
Submissions must be submitted according to the following categories:
Age as on 23 September 2011
A Age 11-13
2 prizes (1st £200, 2nd £100)
B Age 14-16
2 prizes (1st £200, 2nd £100)
C School & Youth Group/Club (Ages 7 to 16 years)
3 prizes (1st £450, 2nd £250, 3rd £100)
D Family Category (the actual Trail must be compiled by the children (any age up to maximum 16 years) but advice and assistance can be given by the adults)
3 prizes (1st £300, 2nd 200, 3rd £100)
Prizes are funded by Nottinghamshire Local History Association
Closing date: 23rd September 2011