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Cairngorms cultural heritage networking event programme 2026

Cairngorms Cul­tur­al Her­it­age Net­work­ing Event

13 Octo­ber 2026, Boat of Garten Com­munity Hall

Pro­gramme

9.30 Regis­tra­tion Desk Opens.

9.30−10.00 Regis­tra­tion, net­work­ing over tea, cof­fee and pastries

10.00−10.15 Wel­come and set­ting the scene Eilidh Todd, Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity. Intro­du­cing our host for the day, Sarah Wylie. Sarah is known loc­ally as a famil­i­ar voice on Spey­so­und Radio and wider too through her much-loved pod­cast Sarah Wylie In Conversation.

10.15−10.45 The hid­den map of place-names: using Gael­ic top­onyms to trace the eco­lo­gic­al past, Dr Gemma Smith Gemma is an itin­er­ant writer and research­er who cur­rently lives between the Scot­tish High­lands and Morocco with a pas­sion for shar­ing the con­nec­tion between Gael­ic place names and the land­scape and what it can tell us about how people inhab­ited the land and man­aged their nat­ur­al resources.

10.50−11.05 Cairngorms Trust and Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity fund­ing oppor­tun­it­ies Brid­get Trus­sell, Com­munity Grants Man­ager, Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Rachel Dominy, Man­ager, Cairngorms Trust

11.10−11.30 Tea / cof­fee break and networking

11.30−12.00 Pro­ject case stud­ies — pod­cast style! Dan Cot­tom from Grant­own Museum and Fiona Hunter from Brae­mar Loc­al His­tory Group share their exper­i­ences with Sarah of apply­ing for fund­ing and deliv­er­ing cul­tur­al her­it­age projects.

12:00 – 12:15 Fund­ing Q&A

12:20 – 12:40 Rosie Black, Com­munity Devel­op­ment Officer, His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scot­land. Rosie shares with us the work of His­tor­ic Envir­on­ment Scot­land in the Cairngorms and the sup­port they offer to cul­tur­al her­it­age practitioners.

12.40−13.40 NET­WORK­ING LUNCH With oppor­tun­ity to chat with funders

13.40−14.00 Catri­ona Hawks­worth, (Tra­di­tion­al Arts Officer, Cre­at­ive Scot­land) Intan­gible Cul­tur­al Her­it­age Scot­land Part­ner­ship Oppor­tun­ity to find out about sup­port and net­work­ing oppor­tun­it­ies for any­one with an interest in intangible/​living heritage.

14.00−15.00 Facil­it­ated dis­cus­sion about the draft Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan and how to par­ti­cip­ate in the consultation

15:00 – 15:10 Com­fort break

15.10 – 15:30 Badenoch Waulk­ing Group demon­stra­tion – with oppor­tun­ity to give it a go!

15:30 – 15.40 Clos­ing remarks Brenna Jessie, Head of Com­mu­nic­a­tions and Engage­ment, Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority

15.40−16.00 Farewell and oppor­tun­ity for catch ups before departing