TPYF SCOTLAND – Aims and Objectives

Their Past Your Future Phase 2 is a UK-wide BIG Lottery funded initiative, designed to build on the successes of the first phase. Its stated aims are:

• Increased knowledge and understanding for young people / younger generations of the diversity of experience of the Second World War veterans, military and civilian, and veterans of subsequent conflicts.
• Increased knowledge and understanding for young people / younger generations of the impact and contemporary significance and resonance of the Second World War, and post-1945 conflict, for society today.
• Increased and proactive engagement with and participation in, learning, community and / or civic activity to record, publish and make educational use of local, regional, national and international historical sources / archives.

Within the overall aims, projects in Scotland will:

• Reflect Scottish experience and contribution at local, regional and national level
• Produce a legacy of online materials / resources for learning that will complement existing archives collections Ensure the widest possible geographic and demographic spread of participation.

The Their Past Your Future Scotland Phase 2 fund will facilitate the delivery of the scheme in Scotland and will enable museums and project partner organisations to pursue the following objectives:

• More instances of contact and sustainable partnerships between young people and veterans to develop and promote the benefits and impact of inter-generational learning
• More instances of contact and sustainable partnerships between young people (schools / community groups), local museums and galleries, and national organisations, allowing for greater access to collections
• More learning resources for schools and young people that give access to information about the impact of the Second World War and post-1945 conflicts and their aftermath on social and political relations in Scotland (and Britain), Scottish (and British) identity, international law and international relations and the ongoing legacy of same
• An increase in digital resources, well linked to one another, that give access to a wider audience information about the impact of the Second World War and post-1945 conflicts and their aftermath on social and political relations in Scotland (and Britain), Scottish (and British) identity, international law and international relations and the ongoing legacy of same.