OUR PROJECTS

D-Day Pioneers to Future Innovators

This is a partnership project with The University of Portsmouth, Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation and other partners including The D-Day Story, Portsmouth Museums, Red Funnel Ferries, The Royal Logistics Corps Museum, Wight Link Ferries, Keel Marine and supported by The Lloyds Register Foundation. The concept was developed by Britain's D-Day Heritage founder Martin Gegg, to align with our long term vision of building educational channels to help young people explore the engineering and logistical achievements of Operation Overlord – and to develop key technical skills and understanding that will help shape the future. 

The Project will act as a pilot, delivering workshops, educational toolkits and public exhibitions based on engineering and logistical achievements using Landing Craft/Ship development and Mulberry Harbours as a backdrop.

Stage 1 Research

Whilst there is a lot of material already in the public domain a small team of researchers will develop stories that will help complex and technical material become relatable for young people and others keen to learn more about how their local area contributed to D-Day. 

Stage 2 Design Workshop Material

The Project team working with educational partners will develop workshops directly aligned to the national curriculum, that provide age appropriate, challenging and interesting exploration of STEM subjects and local heritage sites.    

Stage 3 Delivery

The Project team will deliver practical workshops that will study materials and how they were used, explore planning and logistics and the evolution of design concepts. The aim is to also develop educational toolkits to be used for specific qualification-based learning or enrichment activities.   

Legacy

The Project team will develop a series of flexible public exhibitions for delivery during stage 3 and beyond. Using feedback from partners, and the public the team will assess if the pilot can provide the foundation for project with wider cover. 

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