ENGAGING WITH PLACE AND MANAGING SPACE: Transforming policy, statutory advice, management, and visitor experience in England's historic churches
Lead Research Organisation:
University of York
Department Name: History
Abstract
'Engaging with Place and Managing Space' offers a unique opportunity to use historical and social science research to enhance visitor enjoyment and appreciation of the cathedrals and great churches which comprise many of England's most important and best-loved heritage sites.
CONTEXT
English cathedrals now welcome over 10 million visitors each year and have a growing role in promoting community cohesion, sharing their rich spiritual, cultural, and educational resources, and stimulating economic development in urban and rural contexts through tourism. The AHRC 'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals, Past and Present' (PEC) project explored ways in which much greater historical understanding of the use of buildings in the past, coupled with fresh evidenced-based insights into visitor needs today, could support cathedrals in engaging wider audiences and serving communities. Key issues highlighted include finding new ways to accommodate the multiple roles of buildings; the value of creating user-friendly, inviting spaces for visitors from all backgrounds; the centrality of sensory experience; offering an open-ended welcome to all visitors; and the need for greater recognition of these factors in decisions about adapting or changing buildings to enhance visitor provision.
In the final year of the project, the opportunities and challenges facing cathedrals were unexpectedly brought into urgent national focus by the publication of three major government and church sponsored reports: Cathedrals and their Communities: A Report on the Diverse Roles of Cathedrals, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Department for Communities and Local Government, 2017); The Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals (DCMS, 2017); Cathedrals Working Group Draft Report, 2018. The PEC research outcomes have been universally welcomed as offering essential perspectives in the current process of review and planning. Key stakeholders are now requesting help in embedding the PEC research in long-term policy-making, statutory guidance, management and training for all churches. This Follow-on project is thus driven by:
- the catalyst of PEC project findings on the value of applying historical understanding of the management of space to visitor needs today
- acknowledgement that current processes for assessing 'significance' (the sum of the cultural and natural heritage values of a place), will benefit greatly from PEC research perspectives, promoting understanding and strengthening project evaluation and approval
- recognition that greater understanding of the ways in which buildings function will help funders and applicants to develop more soundly-based and effective projects
- pressures created by the changing landscape of heritage volunteering and the need for additional information and training to help staff and volunteers engage increasingly diverse audiences
OUTCOMES
This initiative, requested by the key stakeholders in England's largest heritage sector, will bring about a new, transformative collaboration between Historic England, other statutory bodies, the Church of England, and those managing its 42 cathedrals and 16,200 parish churches. This project has 5 key strands of activity building on PEC research findings:
SHAPING NATIONAL POLICY in partnership with Historic England, other statutory advisors, and the Church of England
PILOTING FRESH APPROACHES TO VISITOR ENGAGEMENT, working with selected cathedrals and churches to enhance key spaces and offer creative new opportunities for visitor interaction
PROVIDING NEW NATIONAL GUIDANCE through an online handbook and workshops, in partnership with the Church of England and Historic England
SUPPORTING AND TRAINING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS through a national volunteer strategy/programme focused on understanding, managing, and adapting spaces to enhance visitor experience and enjoyment
WORKING WITH GRANT-MAKING BODIES TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR PROJECTS
CONTEXT
English cathedrals now welcome over 10 million visitors each year and have a growing role in promoting community cohesion, sharing their rich spiritual, cultural, and educational resources, and stimulating economic development in urban and rural contexts through tourism. The AHRC 'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals, Past and Present' (PEC) project explored ways in which much greater historical understanding of the use of buildings in the past, coupled with fresh evidenced-based insights into visitor needs today, could support cathedrals in engaging wider audiences and serving communities. Key issues highlighted include finding new ways to accommodate the multiple roles of buildings; the value of creating user-friendly, inviting spaces for visitors from all backgrounds; the centrality of sensory experience; offering an open-ended welcome to all visitors; and the need for greater recognition of these factors in decisions about adapting or changing buildings to enhance visitor provision.
In the final year of the project, the opportunities and challenges facing cathedrals were unexpectedly brought into urgent national focus by the publication of three major government and church sponsored reports: Cathedrals and their Communities: A Report on the Diverse Roles of Cathedrals, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Department for Communities and Local Government, 2017); The Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals (DCMS, 2017); Cathedrals Working Group Draft Report, 2018. The PEC research outcomes have been universally welcomed as offering essential perspectives in the current process of review and planning. Key stakeholders are now requesting help in embedding the PEC research in long-term policy-making, statutory guidance, management and training for all churches. This Follow-on project is thus driven by:
- the catalyst of PEC project findings on the value of applying historical understanding of the management of space to visitor needs today
- acknowledgement that current processes for assessing 'significance' (the sum of the cultural and natural heritage values of a place), will benefit greatly from PEC research perspectives, promoting understanding and strengthening project evaluation and approval
- recognition that greater understanding of the ways in which buildings function will help funders and applicants to develop more soundly-based and effective projects
- pressures created by the changing landscape of heritage volunteering and the need for additional information and training to help staff and volunteers engage increasingly diverse audiences
OUTCOMES
This initiative, requested by the key stakeholders in England's largest heritage sector, will bring about a new, transformative collaboration between Historic England, other statutory bodies, the Church of England, and those managing its 42 cathedrals and 16,200 parish churches. This project has 5 key strands of activity building on PEC research findings:
SHAPING NATIONAL POLICY in partnership with Historic England, other statutory advisors, and the Church of England
PILOTING FRESH APPROACHES TO VISITOR ENGAGEMENT, working with selected cathedrals and churches to enhance key spaces and offer creative new opportunities for visitor interaction
PROVIDING NEW NATIONAL GUIDANCE through an online handbook and workshops, in partnership with the Church of England and Historic England
SUPPORTING AND TRAINING STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS through a national volunteer strategy/programme focused on understanding, managing, and adapting spaces to enhance visitor experience and enjoyment
WORKING WITH GRANT-MAKING BODIES TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR PROJECTS
Planned Impact
'Engaging with Place and Managing Space' builds on the exceptionally productive networks and responsive relationships forged with partners during the 'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals' (PEC) project. These partners include the Church of England, Historic England, and other key bodies concerned with management, sustainability and sustainability of cathedrals and major churches, and their spiritual, cultural, educational, and economic contribution to society through their role as guardians of shared national heritage and places of meaning and memory for local communities.
The PEC project sought to show how the past can inform the present and help to shape the future. The chief findings include the importance and benefits of managing multiple functions within one building effectively; the need to understand historical patterns of use of space; the need to create 'human-sized' spaces with specific focal points, similar to those which existed in medieval buildings; the key roles played by art, architecture, sensory experience, and movement in learning and response, and the need to provide appropriate prompts and tools. The connected strands of this impact strategy have been designed with partners to help apply these findings to their planning and practice. The responsive nature of this project will thus ensure the longevity of the benefits through incorporation into existing, sustainable partner programmes and activities. Impact will be evaluated, collated and compared through partner networks. The evidence will help shape the long-term strategic outputs at national level.
All partners are actively seeking new strategies but lack research capacity. This project will thus have a transformative impact at national, regional and local levels, with direct beneficiaries including policymakers, public sector agencies, practitioner groups, cathedrals and other historic churches, local communities, and the wider public, including over 20 million people from all cultural and faith backgrounds who visit cathedrals and other historic churches every year. Chief beneficiaries will be:
1. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH BUILDINGS DIVISION, THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCIL, THE CATHEDRALS FABRIC COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND And THE ASSOCIATION OF ENGLISH CATHEDRALS who are developing new guidance for cathedrals and major churches on understanding the dynamics of sacred places, managing, enhancing and supporting creative use of spaces and promoting visitor engagement with history and spirituality. PEC research will shape these outcomes
2. HISTORIC ENGLAND AND THE NATIONAL AMENITY SOCIETIES (including SPAB) who have a statutory responsibility to review and comment on proposed development schemes. Historic England wish to review policy and guidance on the uses of and changes to historic buildings in the light of the PEC findings
3. CLERGY AND LAY STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT, USE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF CATHEDRALS AND MAJOR CHURCHES PEC-generated analysis and evidence will be applied to specific Case Study church projects and then incorporated into national guidance for all churches
4. VOLUNTEERS Cathedrals typically have hundreds of volunteers whose performance is vital to effective space management and successful visitor engagement but the Church of England has no national policy on volunteer recruitment, training, support and discipline. A new Volunteer Managers' Forum has been established to address these issues and PEC research findings will help shape the priorities within a new policy and training strategy
5. FUNDERS who wish to provide more understanding and guidance to strengthen future development projects
6. VISITORS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS PEC evidence shows that visitors today are very keen to engage with buildings but often lack the historical knowledge to do so. This project will develop new tools and approaches to help visitors explore and enjoy the largest sector of our national built heritage
The PEC project sought to show how the past can inform the present and help to shape the future. The chief findings include the importance and benefits of managing multiple functions within one building effectively; the need to understand historical patterns of use of space; the need to create 'human-sized' spaces with specific focal points, similar to those which existed in medieval buildings; the key roles played by art, architecture, sensory experience, and movement in learning and response, and the need to provide appropriate prompts and tools. The connected strands of this impact strategy have been designed with partners to help apply these findings to their planning and practice. The responsive nature of this project will thus ensure the longevity of the benefits through incorporation into existing, sustainable partner programmes and activities. Impact will be evaluated, collated and compared through partner networks. The evidence will help shape the long-term strategic outputs at national level.
All partners are actively seeking new strategies but lack research capacity. This project will thus have a transformative impact at national, regional and local levels, with direct beneficiaries including policymakers, public sector agencies, practitioner groups, cathedrals and other historic churches, local communities, and the wider public, including over 20 million people from all cultural and faith backgrounds who visit cathedrals and other historic churches every year. Chief beneficiaries will be:
1. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH BUILDINGS DIVISION, THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCIL, THE CATHEDRALS FABRIC COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND And THE ASSOCIATION OF ENGLISH CATHEDRALS who are developing new guidance for cathedrals and major churches on understanding the dynamics of sacred places, managing, enhancing and supporting creative use of spaces and promoting visitor engagement with history and spirituality. PEC research will shape these outcomes
2. HISTORIC ENGLAND AND THE NATIONAL AMENITY SOCIETIES (including SPAB) who have a statutory responsibility to review and comment on proposed development schemes. Historic England wish to review policy and guidance on the uses of and changes to historic buildings in the light of the PEC findings
3. CLERGY AND LAY STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT, USE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF CATHEDRALS AND MAJOR CHURCHES PEC-generated analysis and evidence will be applied to specific Case Study church projects and then incorporated into national guidance for all churches
4. VOLUNTEERS Cathedrals typically have hundreds of volunteers whose performance is vital to effective space management and successful visitor engagement but the Church of England has no national policy on volunteer recruitment, training, support and discipline. A new Volunteer Managers' Forum has been established to address these issues and PEC research findings will help shape the priorities within a new policy and training strategy
5. FUNDERS who wish to provide more understanding and guidance to strengthen future development projects
6. VISITORS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS PEC evidence shows that visitors today are very keen to engage with buildings but often lack the historical knowledge to do so. This project will develop new tools and approaches to help visitors explore and enjoy the largest sector of our national built heritage
Organisations
- University of York (Lead Research Organisation)
- Association of English Cathedrals (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- British Museum (Collaboration)
- Church of England (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Historic England (Collaboration)
- Coventry Cathedral (Project Partner)
- Ripon Cathedral (Project Partner)
- Churchcare (Project Partner)
- Cathedrals Plus (Project Partner)
- Wakefield Cathedral (Project Partner)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (Project Partner)
- Beverley Minster (Project Partner)
- National Churches Trust (Project Partner)
- Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England (Project Partner)
- Lichfield Cathedral (Project Partner)
- Historic Bldgs & Mnts Commis for England (Project Partner)
People |
ORCID iD |
Dee Dyas (Principal Investigator) |
Title | Bespoke votive candle stand and prayer engagement facility |
Description | An artisan craft blacksmith made a bespoke candlestand to facilitate visitor engagement with a Ninian Comper statue in Lichfiled Cathedral |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | A significant reordering and refocusing of a neglected area of the cathedral opening up new opportunties for spiritual engagement |
Title | Floor-standing display boards for Hull Minster |
Description | Hull Minster requested interpretation boards to explain the different areas of the church and the furnishings within them to those with no Christian background or experience of church. The audience for these is the many local people who come in seeking companionship, solace or help but who have little or no idea of the history or significance of the spaces or how the space is used. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The boards have encouraged longer dwell time and been a catalyst for conversations between staf and volunteers and the public. This has been especially helpful in their newly-established grief cafe where the topics covered on the boards have been a useful ice-breaker for people to begin to open up about their feelings. |
URL | https://hullminster.org/ |
Title | Ripon Cathedral rolling presentation |
Description | A short rolling sequence of powerful and evocative images presented early in the visitor journey to encourage exploration of the cathedral and spiritual engagement |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Part of the cathedral's refreshing of the visitor offer ahead of reopening after Covid-19 pandemic |
Title | Spiritual engagement leaflet for Wakefield Cathedral |
Description | A new leaflet for wide distribution encouraging local people to see the cathedral as a place to use every day and as a resource for their spiritual wellbeing. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | This has helped the cathedral refelct on its local profile and has fed into new discussions about the city centre landscape. |
Title | Spiritual focus banners for Coventry Cathedral |
Description | The creation of a set of five short banners inviting people to engage with the small chapels in Coventry Cathedral as places of spiritual encounter. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The cathedral chapels were under-utilised and the public were unaware they could enter them and use them as places of personal reflection and private prayer. The banners have transformed the route people take around the cathedral and significantly improved the dwell time in the cathedral generally and the chapel spaces in particular. |
Description | New approaches in the areas of Volunteer Management and Visitor Engagement are being developed at a national level for local implementation which will enhance tourism and community engagement |
Exploitation Route | The outcomes of this funding will be capable of application not only by cathedrals but by many of the major churches and 16000 parish churches in England |
Sectors | Education Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
Description | Consultation sessions and workshops bringing together original research findings and partner responses have led to changes inf cathedral strategies for visitor engagement, management of buildings, and new approaches to the supervision and training of thousands of volunteers. New Visitor Engagement guidance has been co-created with and published by the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England. In addition, the first National Cathedrals Volunteer Framework has been co-created with the Association of English Cathedrals (AEC) and a new online Cathedral Volunteer online training course has been launched with the AEC. All resources are now regulalry used in training and in developing cathedrals strategies for visitor engagement and training volunteers to welcome diverse audiences to cathedrals. |
Sector | Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Policy & public services |
Description | Creating a framework for volunteer management and training in England's cathedrals |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Creation of a new Shrine of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | This influence has fundamentally changed the approach the cathedral was taking and shaped the appearance, setting and interaction with the shrine, altar and associated placement of the reserved sacrament and Gospel book. |
Description | Creation of an online training module for cathedral volunteers . |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | The module has enabled volunteers to understand more fully the needs of a wide range of visitors to cathedrals (especially in the light of the impact of COVID-19) and to respond appropriately in ways which enhance visitor experience and care. The module has received very positive feedback form volunteers and volunteer managers. The module is accessed through membership of the Association of English Cathedrals |
URL | https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/ |
Description | Church of England Cathedrals and Church Buildings Division |
Organisation | Church of England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Working with the Church of England and other key partners at national level to embed research outcomes from the Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals project in new guidance and policy which will influence cathedral planning and practice in the future, with significant implications for enhancing visitor engagement. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Director of the Cathedrals and Church Buildings Division (CCB) serves on the Advisory Board of the project. The Senior Cathedrals Officer serves on the Executive Board. The CCB team are working with the PI, RA and Impact Officer to incorporate research from the AHRC Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals project into policy and guidance which will shape cathedral practice and development projects. CCB will disseminate the final outcomes through their structures from June 2020 onwards. CCB also host meetings in London as required. |
Impact | New national policy and guidance documents will be released in June 2020 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Development of a National Cathedrals Volunteer Policy and Visitor Engagement Planning Guidance |
Organisation | Association of English Cathedrals |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Using key research outcomes from the Pilgrimage and England's Cathedral project to shape (a) the first national cathedrals Volunteer Policy; (b) national guidance on creating Visitor Engagement Plans to enhance tourism and community engagement |
Collaborator Contribution | The Chair of the Association of English Cathedrals (AEC) serves on the project Advisory Board, the Executive Director serves on the Executive Board. Four members of the AEC are participating in the project as case study cathedrals (Coventry, Lichfield, Ripon and Wakefield). Between them, they provide a very wide range of contexts and challenges for pilot projects. Researchers present and discuss research outcomes at future AEC-sponsored events. The AEC will use its website and other channels to disseminate information about the project's outputs to its members and beyond. The AEC make a contribution in kind, through the contribution of the Chair, Executive Director and other Executive members, in staff time in organising and publicising events, hosting the researchers at its conferences, and disseminating project outcomes. |
Impact | The policy documents and guidance will be lauched in June 2020 |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | New national Church of England cathedral visitor engagement strategy |
Organisation | Church of England |
Department | Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Research data on historical and contemporary engagement with cathedrals |
Collaborator Contribution | Co-creation of policy and guidance document |
Impact | Co-Creation of new research-based policy and guidance on developing visitor engagement in cathedrals |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership with the British Museum |
Organisation | British Museum |
Department | Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Development of detailed digital reconstructions of the city of Canterbury c.1450 showing the influence of Becket's cult, together with animated recreations of medieval pilgrim experience within the cathedral. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Curator of Late Medieval Europe, Naomi Speakman served on the Steering Group and the project Executive Board. The British Museum will provide the necessary hardware and expertise for the use of the models and images in the Becket 2020 exhibition. |
Impact | An online resource covering the life, death and ongoing influence of Thomas Becket on London, Canterbury and Europe was launched in February 2020. The website draws on the close research and impact partnership with the British Museum which will also produce a major Thomas Becket exhibition to be staged Oct 2020-February 2021. The website and exhibition both use detailed digital reconstructions of the city of Canterbury c.1450 showing the influence of Becket's cult, together with animated recreations of medieval pilgrim experience within the cathedral. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Policy and guidance development with Historic England |
Organisation | Historic England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Working with Historic England staff to embed research outcomes from the AHRC Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals project within the statutory advice brought to bear on cathedral management of buildings and development projects. HE will disseminate the final outcomes through their structures and staff training from June 2020 onwards. |
Collaborator Contribution | The HE Head of Places of Worship Advice serves on the Executive Board; the Assistant Director of Planning for Historic England served on the Advisory Board. HE staff are collaborating on policy review and creation of the new online guidance for cathedrals and major churches. HE will also use the Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals' research findings, and the new approaches devised, in internal and external training. |
Impact | National guidance will be disseminated from June 2020. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | 2020 Year of Cathedrals: Year of Pilgrimage Training Conference Manchester Cathedral |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented the session, Welcome: How can we do this better? The Briefing Day also provided the opportunity to share information about our research and to hear from delegates about their experiences and ideas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | 2020 Year of Cathedrals: Year of Pilgrimage Training Conference Southwark Cathedral London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented the session, Welcome: How can we do this better? The Briefing Day also provided the opportunity to share information about our research and to hear from delegates about their experiences and ideas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Association of English Cathedrals Executive Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussion/planning to embed research outcomes permanently in cathedral management. Decision to make 2020 a national 'Year of Cathedrals and Pilgrimage' with major national, regional and local tourism initiatives |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/ |
Description | Cathedrals 2020 National Steering Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | National planning group for 2020 Celebration of Cathedrals, Saints and Pilgrimage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | Cathedrals Plus Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Key note presentation for practitioners on developing visitor engagement in cathedrals as audiences return post COVID |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://servicesheets.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Reaching-Outwards.final-revisionsJan-11.pdf |
Description | Ecclesiological Society lecture May 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture on the sustainability of churches and how people engage with them. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | English Cathedrals Growth Network |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 3 hour presentation/workshop by Dee Dyas using Pilgrimage and Cathedrals research and Visitor Engagement Policy developments to inform discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Festival of Christian Pilgrimage, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online lecture on pilgrimage past and present and contemporary visitor engagement. Subsequently published in the Church Times |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://pilgrimage.hymnsam.co.uk/ |
Description | Invited speaker at Art + Christianity conference 'Holy Ground' 17-19 September 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I was an invited speaker, giving a paper 'Movement and Stillness: journeys and destinations in pilgrimage' about the project findings. It was a conference and retreat exploring art and movement in pilgrimage experience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holy-ground-art-faith-and-the-natural-environment-tickets-16082916536... |
Description | Launch of new Volunteer Framework and online Volunteer training for cathedrals |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The first national Volunteer framework for Volunteer Managers in English Cathedrals and I highly innovative online training module for the thousands of volunteers they support was launched at an event hosted by the Association of English cathedrals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VOLUNTEERING-A-NATIONAL-FRAMEWORK-FOR... |
Description | Meeting at the House of Lords |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dee to complete |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Meetings at Houses of Parliament |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dee to complete |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | National Cathedral Volunteer Managers Forum meeting at Christ Church Cathedral Oxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Dee Dyas on research into visitor engagement within cathedrals and the implications for recruitment, training and management of cathedrals volunteers and the need to establish a national Church of England policy to establish and spread best practice |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | National Volunteer Managers Annual Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A presentation was given drawing on research data and tools developed with partners to help practitioners recruit, train and deploy volunteers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Planning meetings 5 Sept 2019 and 12 Mar 2020 with Coventry cathedral for the impact outcomes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Planning for impact outcomes for Place and Space linked to wider plans for Coventry as City of Culture 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Planning meetings with Wakefield Cathedral 13 Nov 19 and 24 Jan 20 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | These meeting were to develop the individual engagement projects with one of our case study cathedrals. The meetings were to ensure that the practical impact from the research was mapped directly to the needs an aspirations of the cathedral. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Planning meetings with partner cathedral on the project - Ripon 4 July 2019 & 9 March 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meetings to plan the delivery of outcomes for impact from the Place and Space visitor engagement strand. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | St Davids Cathedral Annual Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A lecture by Dee Dyas on pilgrimage and visitor engagement with sacred spaces past and present and the implications for the current and future management and interpretation of the cathedral . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Volunteer training module group meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A series of meetings to develop an online volunteer training module to be used by cathedrals nationally. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Working Group Meeting - Visitor Engagement Strategy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting led by Dee Dyas, to create an outline plan and timetable for the development of a new Visitor Engagement Guidance document for all UK Cathedrals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Working Group Meeting at Westminster Abbey - Volunteer Policy and Training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting led by Dee Dyas to create an outline plan and timetable for the development of a volunteer policy and training module for all UK Cathedrals and to identify examples of good practise in church contexts and beyond. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Workshop - Volunteer Policy Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop led by Dee Dyas and Louise Hampson to draw on existing material and research to create a draft which the Working Group will then improve and finalise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage Executive Board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Planning meeting for the 2020 Year of Cathedrals. Year of Pilgrimage visitor engagement initiative for England and Wales |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.englishcathedrals.co.uk/ |