#HP Shildon and Newton Aycliffe: Shaping the Future Through Heritage (360G-NLHF-HA-24-00616)

This proposal for the Shildon & Newton Aycliffe Heritage Place will develop an evidence baseline and theory of change for the life of our Strategic Partnership, scope future development of key heritage assets to ensure they are resilient and sustainable long-term, and place children and young people (CYP) at the heart of heritage place making as agents of change through our Place Lab programme. Our hope is that through this, the people of Shildon & Newton Aycliffe will feel pride in their connection to heritage reflecting both the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of our globally significant past, as well as looking to our future. Initial scoping work will set out our ambitions for Shildon, the World’s first railway town, to be recognised as a World Heritage Site, for our CYP and others to have access to heritage professions and skills, and for sustainable heritage-led regeneration that boosts the local economy