This toolkit was commissioned by the MLA from Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, as the legacy of a series of creative family learning projects, run by myself in partnership with the museum’s Learning & Outreach Officer Laura Bullivant, with the support of the Wiltshire extended schools service.

The projects aimed to use outreach projects to give families of primary age children a chance to explore the themes of the museum’s collection. The sessions were delivered creatively, informed by the children’s own interests, and linked to the participants’ local environment.

This toolkit was informed by three projects, two of which I was directly involved in delivering, Connect & Create and Making Tracks, and posts on which can be found on this blog under the ‘Projects’ category.

The third project, Explore:Connect:Create, tried a different approach, using the recruitment of volunteers to work alongside Laura with the aim of developing a financially sustainable way of working for the future. In this case I provided professional development for the volunteers and mentoring for Laura.

Please click on the following link to go to the News section of the Creative Ecology website, where the toolkit can be downloaded - [1] Toolkit Download