People’s Parish is a publicly funded initiative from TRACS that empowers communities across Scotland to explore their heritage and equips them with the skills necessary to pass on their stories.
These year long projects, led by creative fieldworkers, bring together individuals and organizations to collate local knowledge and traditions that might otherwise be lost to time
Here, the term “parish” comes from Scotland’s 871 civil parishes, which serve as a useful starting point to describe the scale at which people feel a sense of familiarity, ownership and belonging.
The inspiration for the People's Parish came from the old Statistical Account of Scotland, which began over two hundred years ago at the close of the 18th century. In the 21st century, we believe that the story of Scotland's places should be told not by a few professionals or central institutions, but by the people who live and work in these places,
on their own terms.