Wellbeing and Heritage Case Studies

Wellbeing case studies from across our priority areas

• Wellbeing Case Study: Project Rejuvenate

  A case study of a project to help the wellbeing of vulnerable young people through participating in archaeology.

• Wellbeing Case Study Banbury Project

  A case study of a heritage and wellbeing project that looked at co-creation amongst older people.

• Wellbeing Case Study: 'Museum of the Lost and Found'

  A wellbeing and heritage case study of a COVID-19 recovery era project that involved online interactions with archives.

• Wellbeing Case Study AMPHORA Guidelines

  Guidelines for involving people with mental health challenges in heritage projects.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Volunteering for Heritage at Risk

  A case study about assessing wellbeing outcomes for volunteers from completed Heritage at Risk project work.

• Wellbeing Case Study Heritage Linkworker Project

  A case study of an innovative social prescribing project for linkworkers to involve people in heritage interactions to improve their wellbeing.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Heritage and Wellbeing for NHS Staff Project

  A project to trial and evaluate the potential benefit of heritage interactions for NHS staff experiencing wellbeing issues.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Delapré Wellbeing- a Place-Based Approach Through Heritage

  A programme that utilises a former abbey’s historic rooms and vast parkland to address local health inequalities and foster holistic wellness.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Geographic Availability of Heritage

  A case study investigating how spatial data may help us look at the health impacts of both heritage environments and changes to them.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Kirkham Heritage Health and Wellbeing Programme

  A successful programme of heritage and wellbeing community events at Kirkham, Lancashire.

• Wellbeing Case Studies 'Places of Joy': The Role of Heritage After Lockdown

  How heritage appears as a joyful space at a time of national crisis and how it can support resilience in communities.

• Wellbeing Case Study: Sunderland

  An evaluation project that aimed to better understand the relationship between people’s wellbeing and the character of their local area.