Working on the 'Ballad of Baskerville' project The role of the Creative Learning Officer Since July 2004 Birmingham City Archives has employed a Creative Learning Officer (CLO). Using funding and support from Creative Partnerships, the CLO supports the use of archives with schools and young people in Birmingham. The CLO acts as a link between the City Archives, teachers, young people and other agencies to plan and coordinate creative heritage projects using archives. Nikki Thorpe and Marcus Belben, our Creative Learning Officers, have worked on a number of projects with schools across Birmingham as part of Creative Partnerships, including The Ballad of Baskerville, Building Bricks, Box of Delights, Journeys and Who Are We?. We also work to promote archives awareness more generally across Birmingham. We have worked with Community Libraries and other Community Groups to lead projects like Turves Green Intergenerational Project – ‘Same Old Place’ . We aim to introduce participants to the archives and library services, using them creatively to uncover the vast potential that exists to explore practically anything with them.

Turves Green Intergenerational Project For further information, contact: Nikki Thorpe Creative Learning Officer Archives and Heritage Service, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ. Tel: 0121 303 2468 Email: nikki.j.thorpe@birmingham.gov.uk