We Are What We Do Charitable Foundation: Historypin Community and Education Programmes

Here’s a bit more information about Historypin Community and Education Programmes run by the We Are What We Do Charitable Foundation.

A. Community Aims and Activities

AIM: To directly deliver our own local Historypin projects

• Use the Reading pilot project (Jan ‘11-Jan ’12) and the range of other local test activities to develop the first version of a scalable model for direct delivery of local projects
• Use formal evaluation of these pilot activities to provide evidence for its value across a range of issues
• Establish target areas in key international territories for the development of partnerships and local projects
• Develop joint project plans and proposals with main partners, made up of a combination of replicated features and a series of distinct local activities
• Reflect the core aims of our local activity, across all our key issues and audiences (e.g. digital inclusion and older people), in the local network of partners that we develop and maintain (e.g. Online Centres and care homes)
• Use the direct delivery phase of local projects as the building blocks for long-term participation in communal archiving, by embedding sustainable commitments across the network of partners

AIM: To encourage and support independent local Historypin projects

• Continue to expand and support the network of local organisations running their own projects and work with them to gather evidence and case studies for a scalable model
• Develop tools and resources that enable any local group or organisation in the world to run their own projects
• Use these tools and resources as a way of turning interest into local commitments during major campaigns
• Explore the potential for a local franchise model, which would allow local groups and organisations to establish structured, long-term Historypin projects and facilities

AIM: To give champions and volunteers a central role in local activity

• Use all of our volunteer activities in 2011-12 to develop an initial set of scalable volunteer roles
• Maintain a balance between different types of volunteer role: central (based at Historypin HQ), local (working in their own community or as part of directly delivered local projects) and remote (online)
• Maintain a diverse range of opportunities that include a diverse range of skills and experience
• Use major campaigns to inspire and support very large numbers of volunteers and celebrate their contribution
• Use every opportunity to foster long-term commitments to the Historypin community from volunteers

AIM: To provide opportunities to young people for skills development, training and employment

• To use our activities, centrally and locally, to provide new opportunities for young people to gain paid employment, either directly with Historypin and its partners, or indirectly through training opportunities
• Work with partners to develop a model that can convert short-term roles, either paid or unpaid, into long-term paid roles, via the creation of new partnerships and income
• Scale up this model, internationally, to establish Historypin as a major contributor to youth training and employment

AIM: To contribute to the quality of care and support for older people

• To develop a model and special tools that make Historypin a valuable, therapeutic resource for those suffering from dementia and those working with this audience
• To use all local activities to create and sustain new relationships between groups of older people in care and the rest of the community, based on mutual respect and enjoyment
• To develop activities and tools to promote and support active ageing and celebrate the contribution of older people within communities
• To create social networks for older people, remote and local, that provide opportunities to increase social connections, share an interest in history and feel part of activities that are valued by the rest of the community