WELCOME

Welcome to STORY OF YEOVIL! This website contains archive materials, images, documentation and live digital map for a community project took place between October 2022 and August 2024. We are currently developing the next stage of the project, please get in touch if you wish to find out more of the next chapter!

Story of Yeovil is a project co-create and co-delivered by Yeovil Art and Heritage Group and Yeovil community with £96,403 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and additional funding support from Somerset Council, Yeovil Town Council, Abri Housing, Somerset Community Foundation and Open Mental Health Grant.

The Yeovil Art and Heritage Group is a formal partnership between Yeovil Art Space, Yeovil Town Council, Somerset Council (Yeovil Refresh & South Somerset Heritage Collection), Yeovil’s Virtual Museum, EPS Yeovil and Yeovil Press, supported by the South West Heritage Trust.

We bring together a series of multi-site exhibitions and events of contemporary art and heritage displays across the town centre: View of Yeovil (May-July 2023), Sound of Yeovil (Sept-Nov 2023) and Taste of Yeovil (Jan - Mar 204), alongside online exhibition at Yeovil's Virtual Museum, an open-source digital audio/visual map and an educational programme for schools.

Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and working with a wide range of organisations and the University of the West of England Regional History Centre, Story of Yeovil began with engaging Yeovil's community from diverse backgrounds with creative activities, including community heritage forums, young ambassadors programme, and community workshops on creative writing and visual arts.

With the support of our partner, University of the West of England Regional History Centre, Story of Yeovil began with engaging Yeovil's community from diverse backgrounds with creative activities, including community heritage forums, young ambassadors programme, and community workshops on creative writing and visual arts.

We bring together a series of multi-site exhibitions and events of contemporary art and heritage displays across the town centre, alongside online exhibition at Yeovil's Virtual Museum, an open-source digital audio/visual map and an educational programme for schools.