Local Voices

Community Interest Company carrying out oral history /folklore project fieldwork, consultancy and training for the benefit of communities across Scotland.

Local Voices works with a range of different social groups in communities across the country to collectively explore, document and promote aspects of local language, dialect, song, story, music and memory, with a focus on revitalising those elements of local heritage and culture which are at risk of being lost or which are currently under-acknowledged. We also provide or facilitate access to resources, expertise, training and mentoring for local communities to gain confidence in exploring their own memories and traditional culture on an ongoing basis. Our projects aim to encourage interaction between older and younger generations to promote shared community identity, a sense of place, and an awareness of the value of the local in the globalised age. Local Voices works with a range of different social groups in communities across the country to collectively explore, document and promote aspects of local language, dialect, song, story, music and memory, with a focus on revitalising those elements of local heritage and culture which are at risk of being lost or which are currently under-acknowledged. We also provide or facilitate access to resources, expertise, training and mentoring for local communities to gain confidence in exploring their own memories and traditional culture on an ongoing basis. Our projects aim to encourage interaction between older and younger generations to promote shared community identity, a sense of place, and an awareness of the value of the local in the globalised age.