Sheffield’s Heritage Partnership Board seeks submissions of folklore

Sheffield’s Heritage Partnership Board (SHPB) wants to see the city’s rich and diverse folklore represented in a new Government scheme that safeguards 'living heritage'.

Morris dancing in Sheffield. Image courtesy of Donald Judge, creative commons on Flickr.

A new inventory of living heritage is being set up following the UK's ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2024. UK communities have been invited to submit their living heritage to this new inventory. Sheffield’s Heritage Partnership board cites examples ‘already listed from elsewhere in the UK include everything from bell ringing to boat-building, ceilidh to carnival, pantomime to pancake day, Highland games and dry-stone walling.’

Chair of the Sheffield Heritage Partnership Board (SHPB), Professor Vanessa Toulmin, said: ‘This is a unique opportunity for the people of Sheffield to be heard. The city and its region has many customs and traditions that are part of its unique local and regional identity. Whether you are a sword dancer, a choralist, a lover of our hills and rivers or someone who enjoys a splash of Hendo’s relish on your pie and peas, we need your help. Please submit your entries to the Inventories of Living Heritage in the UK. We want to ensure the voices of the Sheffield region are heard nationally’.

For more information and to see how you can submit your living heritage to the inventory, please click here.