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19 Increase visits from priority groups to EH sites

20 Support the rest of the historic environment sector to increase visits from priority groups to historic sites

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Contribute to DCMS PSA3 target to increase the take-up of cultural events and sporting opportunities by adults and young people aged 16 and above from priority groups (defined as people aged 16 or above with a physical or mental disability, from black or minority ethnic groups, or people in socio-economic categories C2, D and E), by increasing the number visiting designated historic environment sites by 3% by 2008

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88 projects were delivered in 2007/08, engaging 33,477 people from priority groups.

Three projects this year were:

Wellbeing Project In partnership with the Newcastle Primary Care Trust, visits to heritage sites in the north east were run for a group of black and minority ethnic women and children. Their memories of the trips were used to create a children's book in four community languages to support literacy.

Interwoven Freedom In collaboration with Sparkbrook Caribbean and African Women

Development Institute, this project commemorated the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. Working with a textile artist and writer, the women created work for a book and touring exhibition.

Springline Developed in partnership with Local Youth Services, The Sustainability Centre and The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, young people took part Progress

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in a series of workshops exploring their local environment and learning heritage craft skills traditional to the South Downs.

39 projects took place and 3,526 properties took part in the biggest year of Heritage Open Days yet. All projects ran by the Outreach team focused on engaging new audiences with HODs, for example, a community heritage day involving all the local faith organisations in Bradford, and a partnership project with the National Youth Theatre at Furness Abbey which attracted 600 visitors. The event as a whole attracted around 1 million visitors.

National Capacity Building Grants from English Heritage supported sector work to increase engagement by priority groups. A noteable example was the Heritage Link Embracing Difference project which ran regional seminars for small heritage bodies on practical means to diversify their support. A website and publication of the outcomes will be available in 2008.

An edition of Conservation Bulletin was produced on social inclusion and diversity issues and distributed to 20,000 heritage professionals in July 2007. The English Heritage Heritage Protection team pilot project, Designating History, identified 40

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historic sites with significance for the history of the slave trade and abolition movement. This has been a valuable pilot for developments in capturing communal values through designation. An article was published in the Institute of Historic Building Conservation Context journal outlining the potential for engaging new audiences through conservation.

21 Support DCMS participation survey

The participation survey is now in its third year and is achieving desired response rates. The first annual report of the survey was published in May 2007. Results for participation by PSA priority groups in the second year were published in December 2007. A report of quantitative research using data from the survey is on the Heritage Counts website and was presented at the Cultural Trends conference in February. Final results for year three performance is expected to be published in December 2008.