Festival achievements
In many Lincolnshire Wolds villages the church is the focal point, being the only communal building and usually the oldest. Many are mini museums, holding the stories, treasures and social histories of these communities. Small teams of volunteers care and open up these churches but many do not have the skills or power to attract visitors. The project aimed to bring church teams together and combine efforts to raise the profile of the churches in this area by developing and widely promoting a new festival.
The project:
: engaged 861 volunteers to take part in the festival
: welcomed 9000 church visits during the festival
: produced 100 new explorer packs and 1500 treasure hunt spotter books for families
: trained 94 volunteers in welcoming visitors, keeping churches open, social media, opening up churchyards, telling stories and social history
: created 11,000 church directories listing all the churches in the district, to be distributed
over three years
: welcomes 50 school children into churches to trial treasure hunt spotter books
: opened 140 churches during the 4 day festival over 2 weekends
: delivered a festival conference including training to 72 people
: produced and distributed 12,000 flyers, 1000 posters, 10,000 guidebooks to promote the festival
To read the full independent evaluation of the project, click here
