Ethos Heritage CIC Project Design for non-invasive surveying and invasive archaeological excavations – High Hunsley 2023
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Ethos Heritage CIC proposes to run a community focused archaeological project on the site of the Deserted Medieval Village (DMV) of High Hunsley, East Yorkshire between 15 July and 13 Aug 2023. 1.2 The project will focus on local communities who normally don’t get the opportunity to engage with their heritage. In addition the project will also focus on disadvantaged groups, vulnerable individuals, and children from marginalized backgrounds. The objective is to use heritage and archaeology to improve wellbeing, health, community cohesion, and support raising educational attainment. 1.3 Our approach will incorporate the government's core objectives that support learning, citizenship, and employment: 1.3.1 Critical thinking and problem solving: 1.3.2 Communication and collaboration: 1.3.3 Creativity and imagination: 1.3.4 Student leadership: 1.3.5 Citizenship: 1.3.5 Digital literacy: 2.
OVERVIEW OF PROJECT
2.1 What we are going to do: Ethos Heritage CIC (EH CIC), The Friends of High Hunsley (FoHH), local stakeholders and local community groups propose to undertake further archaeological and cultural heritage work and training on the site of a Deserted Medieval Village (DMV) at High Hunsley, East Riding of Yorkshire. While we will ensure that all the archaeological works meet national standards, we also want to an employ an approach that helps address wellbeing, creates community cohesion and makes our community a better place to live. 2.2 Why: The diverse communities and economy of the local area along with the location of the proposed project near the heart of a community in the Yorkshire Wolds make the area ideal for a project aimed at bringing about positive social change through archaeology and heritage skills training. 2.3 Aim: We will run a four-week project using heritage aimed at local individuals and groups who suffer from social exclusion, risk of isolation, mental Date prepared 30/12/22
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