On the 9th September Lizzie and Judy bravely jumped the Zip Wire to raise money for the Lord Mayor's charities. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sponsored them and a massive well done to Lizzie and Judy for taking part.
Lister Steps are one of three charities working with the Lord Mayor Tony Conception during his year in office. We have some exciting events planned and are working hard to raise as much money as possible for charity. On the 9th September Lizzie and Judy bravely jumped the Zip Wire to raise money for the Lord Mayor's charities. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sponsored them and a massive well done to Lizzie and Judy for taking part. As one of the Lord Mayor's charities we will be hosting a number of charity events including a 'Be a Star For the Lord Mayor' on 4th December 2015 and a Masquerade Ball on 13th February 2016. Both events we be held at Liverpool Town Hall. Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for details on these events.
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50 children from our Playscheme summer club (aged 4-12 years old) took part in creating the 'Tuebrook Heritage Trail' this summer. The activity was kindly funded by Carillion plc and aimed to engage our young people in the heritage of our local area. We started the activity by visiting the Museum of Liverpool. We went on the Old Dock tour to visit some hidden heritage and find out how heritage sites are presented to visitors. We then did 'Winnie's Trail' around the Museum of Liverpool where we looked for information and clues. We also enjoyed an ice cream on the Pier Head! We asked the children for feedback so we could ensure the 'walkabouts' we had planned were interesting and enjoyable. We asked the children 'What did today make you think about?' and replies included: History (most popular answer), boats, being outside, how good Liverpool is, that the teachers are lovely, about the past, where did the giant anchor come from? (!), bricks. We asked the children 'What did today make you feel?' and replies included: Happy (most popular answer), educated, hyper (!), I love ice cream, excited, I like playing. We asked the children 'What did today make you want to do next?' and replies included: Play (most popular answer), have more ice cream, go to the cinema, run around, explore, go on a boat (also a popular answer!), touch the bricks (Old Dock), art, go into the past and see history happen. We went on our first 'walkabout' to Newsham Park, a grade II listed park with a number of places/buildings of historic interest. We sat to sketch the former Seamans Orphanage and discussed potential new uses for this vacant building. Suggestions included: Haunted hotel, hotel, museum (with a dinosaur or viking theme), hospital, pirate themed hotel, cinema, playroom full of bouncy castles. We then visited the bandstand and the fountains. On our next 'walkabout' we visited the former Lister Drive Library (our future home!), the site of the former school and the former swimming baths, now Lister Drive Fisheries and Pet Store. This enabled us to look at a historic building that has a new use, a place that was once historical but is now gone and an abandoned building that has a future. We also spent time doing desk based research, putting the trail up on the wall to display and model making. The purpose of making models was to showcase new uses for some of the derelict historic buildings and spaces we visited in the area. We split into teams and we gave ourselves 45 minutes to create models which we then presented to the group-we told everyone what we had designed and why. With the former orphanage in mind the teams created: An indoor football pitch because we like playing football, a delivery box, a human sized rocket (so we can fly to the Milky Way), a princess castle (because we like Frozen and dressing up), a fairy house (for fairies to live in) and an indoor trampoline park with soft play areas and foam pits (so we can chill out). We asked the children for feedback about the model making activity and they gave the following answers: 'What did the activity make you think about?' My family, happy, lots of ideas, space (!), football, fairies. 'What did the activity make you feel?' Creative, happy (almost every child said happy). 'What did the activity make you want to do?' Play, fly, play football, make things (most popular answer). We had an unveiling and presentation ceremony at Lister Steps so the children could show staff their trail display. We also gave each child a certificate of appreciation and a small bag of sweets. We informally asked the children who had taken part in a number of the sessions to give feedback on what they had enjoyed or not enjoyed. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. They enjoyed: Going on trips, walking around, playing outside, building models, learning about history and the museum trip. One child said they were bored on the bus journey into town, a number of children said that next time we go on a trip they would like it to be on a boat and one child said they were sad not to be able to visit the former library building because it is closed. These are comments we can apply to future activities!
Please note that all of the photographs, drawings, models, feedback and the trail was done by our children :) As part of the Tuebrook Heritage Trail activity (kindly funded by Carillion) our Playscheme have visited the Old Dock, the Museum of Liverpool and taken part in 'walkabouts' in Tuebrook to identify places to include on the trail. We continue to work on identifying places to include on the trail and we have a model making session and another walkabout planned. Here are some of the pictures the children have taken of our adventures so far. Tuebrook is home to some of Liverpool’s best hidden heritage and this summer children from Lister Steps are planning to uncover it.
The children in iour Playscheme have taken part in a number of consultations on what they want the former library to become and these sessions have inspired them to uncover other places of historic interest in the area. The trail has been part funded by Carillion who are currently working on building the new Royal Liverpool Hospital. The group of budding explorers plan to create a Tuebrook Heritage Trail. They have plans to carry out historic research, uncover local myths and identify interesting places and buildings in the local area. The group plan to go on walkabouts to discover hidden heritage in the neighbourhood which they can then share with the community by creating the trail. Sharon Redman Play-scheme Team Leader says “The children in our Playscheme are fascinated by local history and have regularly contributed to our plans to develop the former library. They are excited to work as a team with our Heritage Development Officer to uncover other places of historic interest in Tuebrook and potentially suggest new uses for these places also.” The group will start their research with a visit to the Museum of Liverpool to learn about local history and get some tips on how to create trails. There are still a limited number of places available. Call Lister Steps on 0151 254 1394 for more details. Back in May we worked with Dr Oriel Prizeman to carry out a 3D laser survey of the building. The first images have come back and we think they are brilliant-really futuristic yet haunting. We will continue to work with Dr Prizeman as she has carried out extensive research on Carnegie Libraries and has been hugely supportive of our project.
We visited the Rotunda http://www.therotunda.org.uk/ today to view their amazing HLF funded facilities and gain much needed advice from an organisation who have (successfully) been through what we are currently going through! Max and Emma took time to show us everything they, and the community, had achieved for the Rotunda. We look forward to their ongoing support and advice as the Lister Steps Hub project develops.
Anyone looking for a nice cafe (they do an amazing full English!), office space, meeting space and an outdoor oasis then visit the Rotunda! We would like to say a massive thank you to the Architectural Heritage Fund who have supported the project by funding our Heritage Development Officer role for a further six months. This means we can continue to develop the project and continue with our outreach and engagement so keep your eyes peeled for an announcement of our next event!
http://www.ahfund.org.uk/ We will be at the Adult Learners Day at the Museum of Liverpool. As you can see from the event flyer above, it will be an interesting day. We hope you can join us!
We hope everyone can join us for our Healthy Living Fair at Lister Steps tomorrow. Pop in and enjoy some healthy freebies :)
A huge thank you to everyone who voted for Lister Steps Carnegie Community Hub in the Aviva Community Fund competition-we got 1218 votes in total which is a huge number. Sadly we didn't make it through to the finals but we are very happy with the support we received. Best of luck to all the deserving finalists :)
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