My name is Sam Carroll and I am the newly appointed Community Heritage Researcher for Gateways to the First World War. I am delighted to join such an exciting public engagement centre and team of expert colleagues. My role involves communicating between our seven academic investigators and community partners in order to organise and publicise our centre’s events. As well as engaging with those in the community that are currently working on First World War research projects, I am keen to liaise with those that are nurturing fresh ideas for new projects. I will be able to point you in the right direction for potential funding and offer some advice around shaping projects and developing outcomes. You can get in touch with me by marking an email FAO Sam Carroll via gateways@kent.ac.uk