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Heritage, Creative Placemaking Jamie Reece Heritage, Creative Placemaking Jamie Reece

This is our church

Are England's historic churches facing an inevitable decline, or are we witnessing a quiet reinvention of our public realm?

In our latest blog, Jamie considers how a combination of new funding models, (potentially) dwindling attendance and rising maintenance costs present significant challenges for places of worship as sites that are safe, open and in active public use. 

In a civil society where church-going is seemingly reduced, parishes across the country are pivoting into multi-functional community hubs—housing post offices, foodbanks, cafés and cultural venues—generating value and opportunities for connection and in new and surprising ways. 

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A Taste of Home: Food, History and Heritage

Last week I was on holiday in and around Bologna, the place that gave spag bol to us Brits and baloney to Americans by way of tagliatelle al ragù and mortadella. My trip to Bologna got me thinking about the food and drink of the places I’ve called home: Southend-on-Sea, Leeds and East London.

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