Engaging Places
Engaging Places is an exciting new DCMS initiative to unlock the educational potential of the historic and contemporary built environment. Supported by a partnership between English Heritage and CABE, Engaging Places will seek to address the issues that the Joint DCMS/DfES Advisory Committee on Built Environment Education identified as hindering wider public engagement on issues concerning heritage and the built environment.
Taking a holistic view of the built environment Engaging Places will enable built environment cultural organisations develop a strategic learner-led approach to public engagement. DCMS is confident that Engaging Places will be a valuable tool to help the Architecture and Historic Environment sector increase the number and diversity of people who actively engage, support and contribute to the built environment.
September 2006 will see the start of Phase 1 of Engaging Places. Phase 1 will be a pilot project in 3 regions (London, the SE and Yorkshire and the Humber) and will aim to streamline the supply of built environment learning resources to intelligently meet the demands of teachers and schools. As well as creating the start of a holistic network for cultural organisations with an interest in the built environment, Engaging Places will also begin to advocate the benefits of wider public participation with buildings and space.
Phase 1 will conclude in July 2007, and a report will go to DCMS and DfES ministers with recommendations and strategy on the future of built environment education.
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