Our Partners
Young People
Young people who volunteer, engage and live in World Heritage Sites, the areas surrounding them are our key partners and stakeholders. They inform everything we do and are at the heart of all decisions we make.
World Heritage: UK
World Heritage: UK is the national body and charity that represents all 34 World Heritage Sites within the UK. World Heritage: UK have been hugely supportive of the program since its inception and are currently looking to allow the program to affiliate to the wider UK though it website and membership. They also facilitate the Learning and Engagement network.
Torfaen County Borough Council
Torfaen CBC is the Lead on the Blaenavon World Heritage Site and as such a key partner in the Youth Ambassador Programme. Prior to the development of this particular project the Council led on the Youth Ambassador HLF funded programme and has worked and consulted extensively with the community and key organisations within it.
Cadw
Cadw is the Welsh Government’s historic environment service working for an accessible and well-protected historic environment for Wales. Cadw is a partner as they look after all WHS in Wales and they sit on the Blaenavon World Heritage Site Steering group.
Blaenavon Learning and Engagement Group
The Blaenavon Learning and Engagement group delivers actions relating to learning and engagement part of Blaenavon Management Plan, which includes WHYAMS. This group gives access to other organisations who can provide opportunities for the Youth Ambassadors to participate in; the following organisations are represented through this group:
- Big Pit National Coal Museum
- The Blaenavon Ironworks (Cadw)
- The Blaenavon Community Museum
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway
- Blaenavon World Heritage Environment Group
- Blaenavon Townscape Heritage Initiative
- The Hwb Torfaen
- Blaenavon World Heritage Centre
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Blaenavon Town Team
- Blaenavon World Heritage Day Committee
- Workmen’s Hall Company
- Royal Commission
Other World Heritage Sites
The program works with a host of World Heritage Sites across the UK particularly through the learning and engagement network and other sites.
Sites that have hosted WHYAMS programs:
- Durham Cathedral
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Roman Baths
- Giants Causeway
- Hadrian’s Wall
How We Are Funded
National Lottery Heritage Fund
In 2019 we secured a large National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, for 3 years. We developed the programme and engaged with 600 young people across the UK.
Torfaen County Borough Council
Torfaen CBC is the Lead on the Blaenavon World Heritage Site and as such a key partner in the Youth Ambassador Programme. They also fund our program through providing a venue for our HQ in Blaenavon.
YOUNG MINDS
In 2022, Youth UK funded us through the Young Minds program for 3 years, to deliver mental health and wellbeing work with young people in our program.
