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How to get involved

1. Heritage Open Days: Saturday, 19 September

Please at Ballast Hills Burial Ground and Brinkburn St Brewery.

• 10:30 to 14:00 | | Brinkburn St Brewery, NE6 1NW
  
  
• 11:00 to 11:45, 12:00 to 12:45, and 13:00 to 13:45 | | must book | Brinkburn St Brewery, NE6 1LL
  
  
• 14:30 to 16:00 | | Ballast Hills Burial Ground, NE6 1LL
  
  
• 16:00 to 17:00 | | Ballast Hills Burial Ground, NE6 1LL
  
  
• 18:30 to 19:30 | | Ballast Hills Burial Ground, NE6 1LL

, which includes the full programme and visitor information. Please come along for part or all of the day to explore, discover, listen, and enjoy.

2. Take an Active Role in Heritage Open Days

We need a large team to help deliver the programme. Roles could include:

• helping with activities at Brinkburn St Brewery or the burial ground;
• welcoming visitors and acting as a site steward;
• helping visitors find activities and move safely around the site;
• talking with visitors about Ballast Hills;
• supporting the Explorer's Guide activity; or
• telling a researched story during the Twilight at Ballast Hills session.

We would also welcome help with preparations, including researching short biographies of people named in the surviving gravestone inscriptions.

Please contact Myra Giesen at myra.giesen@newcastle.ac.uk if you would like to help for part or all of the day, undertake research, tell a story, or support preparations.

3. Help Us Improve the Explorer's Guide

We are redeveloping the and are looking for people to join a focus group. The discussion will consider what should remain, what needs to change, and what might be missing.

Feedback will help us improve the guide's activities, layout, clarity, accessibility, and suitability for different age groups.

Please contact Myra if you would like to take part.

4. Did You Miss Our Last Newsletter?

You can , along with earlier editions, on the BHBG newsletters page.

5. Join Our Next Green Day

Our next will take place on: Tuesday, 4 August from 18:30 to 20:00.

Please get in touch if you would like more information or plan to join us.

6. Keep Up with the Project

Please continue to for research updates, , and details of . You can also follow the project on , , and