Freelance Assistant Facilitator

The aims of this project are to…
• Highlight the importance of uncovering the stories of the past, especially where these have been hidden within British History
• Interpret information: develop understanding, perspective, imagination  
• Encourage participants to gain confidence using art supplies and techniques 
• Provide an opportunity for participants to have a positive experience in a relaxed, creative, encouraging environment

Activities will be differentiated for inclusion of the diversity of abilities.

Facilitators will support participants in achieving these outcomes:
  • Gain general understanding of the Caribbean region during World War II
  • Explore previously hidden history in a creative and accessible way
  • Create an object which will become part of a larger piece, to be displayed in our Visitor Centre exhibition space

Participants will journey with the guidance of Principal and Assistant Facilitators to produce their own individual work and be supported and encouraged to grow in agency, confidence, and skill as they draft, rework, and share their creations.  Each participant will create their own element which will contribute to a collaborative display.

All Facilitators will support discovery of and interest in the following themes:
     • the Second World War in the Caribbean and its impact on the region and diaspora
     •  the torpedoing of the Cornwallis and its aftermath 
     • resistance and freedom – What did freedom mean at the time of the Second World War, and what does it mean now?
     • the geopolitics of the Caribbean region: competing spheres of military, economic and political influence