Havant Cemeteries Project

Havant Cemeteries Project – Until Friday 28th February at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre

This exhibition displays the work of a group of volunteers who have worked towards enhancing the wildlife and appearances of Cemeteries in Havant.

It all started with a group of residents, local to Havant Cemetery, who were interested in enhancing the cemetery for wildlife and visitors. They approached Havant Borough Council with their idea, who then asked The Conservation Volunteers to become involved.

As a result, the idea of a 2 year project to involve volunteers in discovering and enhancing the natural and social history at New Lane, Dissenters and Warblington cemeteries was created.

With funding from the National Lottery through The Heritage Lottery Fund the Conservation Volunteers have been able to set up the project, recruit & train volunteers and to purchase items such as the plants to enhance the areas around the Holocaust Memorial.

Other funders of the project are Asda, Waitrose and the Bedhampton Charitable Trust; along with Havant Borough Council as project partners.

Since the project began in June 2012, many volunteers have been collecting information about the wildlife, and researching into the history of the cemeteries, such as who was buried there and why. Volunteers have also taken photographs, written poems and created water colour paintings. All of this work and information has been put together to form this exhibition.

Please follow the story, history, poems and paintings created by this dedicated group to find out more about the project and the cemeteries themselves, starting from the right hand wall.

From August 2014 this project will continue solely by volunteers who will look after the wildlife and biodiversity at New Lane and Dissenters’ cemeteries.

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