Living Memory Information for Networks
The Living Memory project is offering funding and resources to community groups across the UK to enable them to discover war graves in their local community, explore the sites and remember those buried there.
We are calling on our partners to help us share this opportunity as widely as possible to mark the 141 days of the Somme Centenary in 2016.
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TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission(CWGC) are encouraging people across the country to remember the forgotten front - the 300,000 war graves and memorials right here in the UK – through theirLiving Memoryprogramme.
They’re offering resources to help identify local CWGC sites, find out more about those buried there and encourage groups to visit - there’s even funding to help with this. It could also be a great way to add more local significance to your local remembrance events this year. For more information, .
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Living Memory
The Living Memory project remembers the forgotten front - the 300,000 war graves or commemorations right here in the UK.
On the centenary of the Battle of the Somme the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), in partnershipwith Big Ideas Company, is asking the public in the British Isles to re-connect with the war dead buried in their own communities.
This project is looking at the full 141 days of the battle of the Somme July 1 to November 18. We are looking to have 141 different community engagement events, reflecting the full length of that battle and centred around at least 141 different CWGC sites.
In total, CWGC has graves located in 13,000 locations, 200 of which are major sites and almost all in big city cemeteries and linked to the hospitals. The majority of men and women buried or commemorated either died in a British hospital of injuries sustained during the war or (in 1918-19) died in the influenza epidemic. They must not be forgotten.
CWGC have produced resources to help community groups identify a CWGC site near them, do some research about some of those buried in that site and stage a commemorative event – in their own way and reflecting their own interests – to remember those who lost their lives in the 141 days of the Somme.
To enable community groups to take part, funding, resources and support will be available. Visit www.cwgclivingmemory.org or email
The project is funded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport and Commonwealth War Graves Commission with development funding from Department for Communities and Local Government.
Social Media
We’d love you to help us raise awareness of the Living Memory Project via social media.
Please encourage members to visit our special Facebook page to take inspiration from others and share their local commemorative activities:
https://www.facebook.com/CWGC-Living-Memory
Useful Information
The official Twitter feed for CWGC, with over 22,000 followers, is www.twitter.com/CWGC
If you want us to see your post, make sure you tag us in it! The official Twitter handles for CWGC, DCMS, DCLG and the Big Ideas Company are:
@CWGC
@CommunitiesUK
@DCMS
@Big_Ideas_Co
The hashtag we are using for the overall project is #LivingMemory. By including this in your tweet, users will be able to click on it and link your work with the wider initiative.
Suggested Tweets
Not sure what to write? Feel free to use any of the template tweets below to help:
Discover, explore and remember your local war graves with the @CWGC #LivingMemory Project! http://ow.ly/10lBgY
Take a look @CWGC blog poston howyou canmark #Somme100 in the UK: ow.ly/10lxwe #LivingMemory
Newvideo explaining how you can get involved in @CWGC #LivingMemory Project. Watch here:http://bit.ly/1TLcRyU