Garnock Valley Cultural Connections

Unlocking the Tower - An Event Hosted by Scotland's Urban Past Join us for a free, all-day event Saturday, 6 May 2017 10:00-16:00 St John's Tower, 6 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr KA7 1JJ Join us throughout the day for... Treasure Hunts Photography Storytelling Stone Rubbing + Grave Markers Historical Graffiti Laser Scanning Tower Tours Period Costumes Soap Carving Virtual Reality Tale of a Scottish Tower: Meet the Author ...and more! This event is completely free and no registration is necessary. You can follow the conversation on Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #UnlockingTheTower. We can't wait to share this rare opportunity to unlock the secrets of this usually locked tower. See you there!  For more information, please visit our website: http://scotlandsurbanpast.org.uk/event/unlocking-tower

This blog has great potential as a tool for community learning. As a community development worker, I have an interest in how learning on the theme of culture and history can be used as a tool to tackle literacy and employability. The literacy group at Kilbirnie Employability Hub, Kilbirnie Library, are ideally placed to engage in learning on this theme. Previous experience of work in this area has demonstrated that many learners are stimulated by history and culture. A recent project involved reading, writing about and researching exhibits in Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, and subsequently visiting Kelvingrove to view these exhibits in person. Writing a blog entry for literacies learners will include many elements that are linked to enhancing their employability prospects. Writing a CV, job application form and cover letter are all crucial to the process of finding employment and include aspects such as: using word-processing facilities for planning, drafting, composing, e...

Beginnings, new starts, genesis. A new blog, but with an 'old' subject matter. Born out of a community meeting in the town of Dalry in the Garnock Valley, our group decided to use blogging as a method of bringing together and collating aspects of the culture and history of the area. As an experiment/pilot, we are asking group members to submit 200 words and two photographs of one aspect of the culture/history of the area that they have discovered, or that they have a particular interest in. These will then be collated and published in this blog for demonstration and review purposes, before deciding on whether this would be a way of taking the group forward and possibly applying for funding from Garnock Connections.