Heritage and Intergenerational Links in South Sefton -Hearts of Gold - 50 Years of Sefton Project - Funded by Sefton Community and Voluntary Service.
This project took place between September 2024 and March 2025. 

The Inclusion Network - funded by Sefton CVS.

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In June of 2024 The Inclusion Network, a fantastic CIC (Community Interest Company) and North and South Education CIC did a joint bid to Sefton Community and Voluntary Service (Sefton CVS) as part of the Hearts of Gold Project celebrating 50 years of the Borough of Sefton. This is a heritage project focused on putting heritage front and centre in Sefton. North and South had already done a Project (Project 3) with The Inclusion Network - an excellent community organisation in the heart of Bootle, providing a range of services from Nursery Forest Schools up to Warm Hubs for the elderly. Check out their website here - https://theinclusionnetwork.uk/

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We started work in September and the project lasted six months, with a series of podcast recordings at The Inclusion Network, online (with one participant from the east coast of the United States!) and in Bootle Strand – a shopping centre in Bootle currently undergoing a massive redevelopment.

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We did three podcasts – one on the now demolished school – St. Augustine's - which closed in 1987. It was great to hear stories from the past from an ex-student who still lives in the area, and an ex-teacher who now lives in the USA. They had such fond memories of the school.