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The Veterans Reunited programme was launched at the beginning of 2004 by the Big Lottery Fund to bring generations of people in the UK together to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Veterans Reunited was made up of three strands: Heroes Return, Their Past Your Future, and Home Front Recall. Together, these three strands supported England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary. Over £45 million was awarded to over 17,500 projects during the life of the project, and over 11 million people took part.
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Headline achievements of the programme:
Heroes Return
- £16.6 million was awarded for travel grants
- Over 39,000 Second World War veterans, their spouses, carers, widows or widowers, visited sites around the world where they served during the War
- Hundreds of veterans volunteered to work with young people to share their memories of the War
Home Front Recall
- £19.2 million was awarded to projects
- Joint lottery funding scheme that included a contribution of £1.14 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
- Over 3,300 commemorative events and projects took place in the UK for those who served in the UK during the war, such as RAF ground crew, shore-based Navy staff, evacuees, fire fighters, the Land Army, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service and the Bevin Boys
- The funding supported national commemorative events in Cardiff, Edinburgh and London in July 2005
Their Past Your Future
- £9.6 million was awarded to this project
- Nine touring exhibitions visited 70 venues UK-wide: Over 1.9 million visitors to 47 venues in England; over 16,000 visitors to 9 venues in Northern Ireland, over 26,000 visitors to 8 venues in Scotland and over 67,000 visitors to 8 venues in Wales
- Diverse projects and activities took place in 117 museums, libraries or archives, which in turn worked with over 188 local partners and community groups
- Hundreds of veterans worked with young people in UK schools
- 158 educational visits for young people to important historic sites around the world and in the UK
- 148 local authorities undertook supporting activities in over 730 UK schools
- Historical sources have been preserved for the future and published on many websites
Programme Objectives
- To bring together different generations of people in the UK to explore, learn about, remember and commemorate the Second World War
- To enable people to organise and take part in local and regional projects and events to raise awareness of the significance of the Second World War for the UK today
- To create a record of what took place during the Second World War, and of activities for the sixtieth anniversary, for future generations to access, including websites, books and school resources
Outcomes
Outcomes for people who participated in Veterans Reunited were developed and evaluated using the Inspiring Learning for All framework. This initiative was launched by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council of England in 2004 and provides a basis for planning and evaluating projects to focus on the delivery of a wide range of learning outcomes. To read or download the full evaluation of the Veterans Reunited programme please visit the Evaluation section of this website, or click here to go straight there.
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