What this category recognises

Projects that involve children and young people in exploring, understanding, interpreting or contributing to heritage.

This could include

Historic buildings and landscapes, local history and stories, conservation, archives, museums, interpretation, cultural identity or exploring how places have changed over time.

We're particularly interested in

How young people connected with the past and brought their own ideas, perspectives and interpretations to the project.

Examples of strong submissions

Strong entries might show how children and young people:

• explored and interpreted local heritage

• contributed to how stories or histories are presented

• brought new perspectives to understanding the past

• connected heritage with how places are experienced today

• contributed to decisions about the future use or interpretation of heritage