Adopt a Monument
A wide range of organisations and individuals care for the historic environment across the private, public and voluntary sectors.
| Organisation: | Archaeology Scotland |
| Project title: | Adopt-a-Monument |
Graveyard survey at Kilvickeon Old Parish Church © Archaeology Scotland
Adopt-a-Monument continues to support community groups to explore, conserve and promote their local heritage. Over a hundred projects have been supported and their are currently 8 active projects. A unique attribute of Adopt-a-Monument is that it is community-led – the groups select monuments and sites that are meaningful to them and Adopt-a-Monument provides training, advice and guidance resulting in community groups developing new skills and taking that lead role in conserving their local heritage.
| Which OPiT key performance indicator is the project contributing to? | Main: 10 – Ensuring capacity – evidence of improved capacity by supporting communities through community empowerment and engagement
5 – Improve skills and capacity to deliver priorities 7 – Improve access to knowledge on the historic environment 8 – Effective and proportionate protection and regulation – evidence that the outcomes of management, including designation, reflects what people value 9 – Increasingly the outcomes of management, including designation, reflects what people value 11 – Increase the number and range of people volunteering in the historic environment 12 – Increase the number and range of people who learn about the historic environment |
| Contact name: | Philip Richardson |
| Contact email: | p.richardson@archaeologyscotland.org.uk |
| Relevant web links: | https://archaeologyscotland.org.uk/adopt-a-monument/ |
Reviewed: August 2019