Re-imagining The Workhouse (360G-Wellcome-206151_Z_17_Z)
As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the Welfare State, this project will deliver a completely new visitor experience at The Workhouse and it will allow our audiences to explore welfare development and the perennial connection between wealth and health. For nearly 200 years the site of The Workhouse at Southwell has been used for the provision of welfare to those most vulnerable in society. The Workhouse became a prototype for a national attempt to revolutionise the treatment of those in poverty, and which legacy continues to evoke powerful contemporary debate. We are re-imagining our site to tell this changing story of welfare and health: from Poor Law to Welfare State; from Paupers to Patients. The Workhouse was acquired as the National Trust’s first learning property with a vision to move from ‘memory to action’. While we will continue to support formal learners, we will use our 1871 infirmary building, currently empty and inaccessible, to also focus our learning, creative and community programmes around those who can benefit most from the site, to ‘live its history’ and support those most in need to flourish through education and opportunity. This project will improve physical and intellectual access to our site, with powerful, evolving interpretation, which makes accessible and fully utilises 20 years of research. We will offer a multi-layered experience, which goes beyond telling the story, but to affecting change: by inviting people to share experiences, engage in contemporary debates and to raise awareness of health and welfare issues today.
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Grant Details
Amount Awarded | 365924 |
Applicant Surname | Blair-Manning |
Approval Committee | Culture and Society Capital Awards Committee 2016 |
Award Date | 2017-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 |
Financial Year | 2016/17 |
Grant Programme: Title | Capital Building & Refurbishment (C&S) |
Internal ID | 206151/Z/17/Z |
Lead Applicant | Ms Sara Blair-Manning |
Partnership Value | 365924 |
Planned Dates: End Date | 2019-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Start Date | 2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Recipient Org: Country | United Kingdom |
Region | South West |