When crafting and heritage conservation combines!

This episode was recorded at the "Conserve and Craft" event at the Holy Trinity Church in #Sunderland. Sophie Hearn from the Sunderland City Council Heritage Team guides us around the day.

Meet artists & crafters who share about their work, and a range of heritage-focused organisations:

1 - Sophia Pearson Illustration shares about her freelance journey post graduation, her passion for illustration, and the intersections of heritage and art which run through her work.

2 - Wendy Costello, who delivers clippy-mat workshops at Washington Old Hall, joins their Operations Manager Sarah Murray, and shows us how she assembles new intricate rugs from old jeans, as a way of bringing together past and present.

3 - Colin Burnikell who's been delivering clay workshops at the Hylton Castle Project, shares his passion for demonstrating to members of the community.

4 - Amanda Gerry of the The Churches Conservation Trust shares more about their multi-million pound development of the church, which is now underway.

5 - Sarah Carr, Project Manager of the Sunderland Heritage Action Zone, shares about their plans (some underway, many still to come) to restore and redevelop buildings in the city.

6 - And Callum Parker from the mental health charity Sunderland Mind, who tells us about their young people's project WASP - "Wellbeing Action and Support Project", working with young people 7-18 across the city.