Museums Live
Killhope is the lead partner in Museums Live! - a cultural volunteering project for West Durham. It's a chance for young people aged 16-25 to gain new skills in the cultural sector, whether that's art, drama, music, heritage interpretation, environmental projects or a completely unique idea of their own.
The first young people visited Killhope in October 2008, making a film around the site and offering ideas as to how the project might work. Shortly afterwards, volunteers started working onsite and with partner organisations across Teesdale, Weardale and Wear Valley. From January 2009 a group will meet every Wednesday for volunteer team challenges across the area, working with artists and environmentalists to experience a wide range of cultural activities and to make a real difference to the communities in which they live.
To find out more about Museums Live! the West Durham Cultural Volunteering Project, visit www.museumslive.co.uk or call Killhope to speak to Bryony Bell, the project coordinator.
Killhope is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Sandford award for heritage Education form the Heritage Education Trust
Our press release of 14 February 08 reveals the future at Killhope is one of change. We are hoping to open a brand new visitor centre which will give Killhope a greater scope. We have out grown our present building and we can no longer cater for current visitor expectations. This is all very exciting and we will keep you up to date of any new developments. For the full story see press releases.
In May 2007, Killhope achieved the Gold Standard in the Green Tourism Business Scheme why not check out our Green pages.
Find out about other awards Killhope has won.
You can also read all our press releases.