Programme

Day 1 (7 June)

Location: Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Learning Lab, Canterbury

9-9.30
Registration

9.30-11
Session 1: Canterbury as a World Heritage Site – unique opportunities to increase the health and wellbeing of visitors and the local community

Chair: Julia Peters (PhD candidate, UKC)

Welcome by Dr. Sophia Labadi (senior lecturer in archaeology and heritage at UKC) and Julia Peters

Chris Blandford – President, World Heritage UK
World Heritage – well-known words, but what does it mean in the UK?

Robert Thomas, Canterbury City Council
Heritage Strategy: Fail to plan, plan to fail

Andrew Brown, Historic England
Heritage makes you happy, so just think what World Heritage can do!

Questions

11-11.30
Refreshments and networking

11.30-1.30
Session 2: Impact of Heritage Engagement on Health and Wellbeing
Chair: Courtney Allen (PhD Candidate UKC)

Linda Thomson, (UCL) Museums on Prescription
Impact of museum and heritage projects on wellbeing

Ellie Williams, Canterbury Christchurch University
Folkestone project: Exploring heritage and well-being in a rapidly evolving seaside town.

Laura Drysdale, the Restoration Trust
Results from the Human Henge project

Questions

1.30-2.30
Lunch

2.30-3.30
Session 3: Digital Heritage and New Possibilities of Engagement
Chair: Karl Goodwin (PhD Candidate UKC)

Howard Griffin, Kent School of Architecture
Virtual reality reconstruction of St. Augustine’s Abbey

Joanna Robinson, University of Nottingham
Citizen Scholarship in Nottingham: understanding the value of
engaging users with heritage and culture

Questions

3.30-4.30
Group discussion (with refreshments)

4.30-5
Closing remarks

7
Group dinner

Day 2 (8 June)

Location: meet at the gate of St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury
After lunch: return to Beaney Learning Lab

10-11.30
Practical Session 1: Guided tour of St. Augustine’s Abbey, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Led by Neil McCollum, English Heritage

12-1
Lunch

1-2
Practical Session 2: wellbeing programmes at the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge.
Led by Gaby Pilcher, volunteer in Canterbury Museums.

2-3.30
Group discussion: Using St. Augustine’s Abbey as an example, how can heritage sites
maximise the health benefits of heritage sites to visitors?

3.30-4
Closing remarks