{"id":579,"date":"2025-05-01T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/?p=579"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:08:26","slug":"exploring-the-past-present-and-future-of-ballast-hills-a-lifelong-learning-taster-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/05\/01\/exploring-the-past-present-and-future-of-ballast-hills-a-lifelong-learning-taster-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Ballast Hills: A Lifelong Learning Taster Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past Monday, the BHBG project was pleased to contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareexplore.org.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.weareexplore.org.uk\/\"><em>Explore Lifelong Learning in Newcastle<\/em><\/a> with a 90-minute taster session titled <em>Ballast Hills Burial Ground: Past, Present, and Future<\/em>. Delivered by Mike Greatbatch and Myra Giesen, the session welcomed 33 attendees and prompted a lively exchange of ideas and questions about the site&#8217;s history, ongoing research, and future possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several participants expressed interest in volunteering, highlighting the growing local interest in BHBG\u2019s unique story and its role in the wider heritage landscape. We are especially grateful to <em>Explore<\/em> for providing a platform to share the project and connect with new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other exciting news, we recently submitted a funding application to continue our research into Ballast Hills, where <em>Explore<\/em> is named as one of our partner organisations in the bid. Fingers crossed for a positive outcome; we would love to build on this momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or your organisation would like to discuss opportunities to get involved or partner with the BHBG project, please contact <a href=\"mailto:myra.giesen@newcastle.ac.uk\">Dr Myra Giesen<\/a>. We are very interested to hear from anyone interested in collaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To explore the full range of thought-provoking and accessible courses available through <em>Explore<\/em>, visit <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weareexplore.org.uk\/\">www.weareexplore.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/05\/Explore20lifelong20learning20logo20adult20education-1500x203-1152w.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-580\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Monday, the BHBG project was pleased to contribute to Explore Lifelong Learning in Newcastle with a 90-minute taster session titled Ballast Hills Burial Ground: Past, Present, and Future. Delivered by Mike Greatbatch and Myra Giesen, the session welcomed 33 attendees and prompted a lively exchange of ideas and questions about the site&#8217;s history, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/05\/01\/exploring-the-past-present-and-future-of-ballast-hills-a-lifelong-learning-taster-session\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Ballast Hills: A Lifelong Learning Taster Session&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,62],"tags":[63,64],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement","category-public-talk","tag-collaboration","tag-lifelong-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}