Local organisations and artists across the Stirling area are being given the opportunity to help shape the brief for Stirling’s Remembering Together: Covid Memorial Project.

The project will form part of a national programme of remembrance managed by Greenspace Scotland and coordinated locally by Scene Stirling.

Scene Stirling Manager Kevin Harrison said: “Remembering Together is a project bringing together communities and creative practitioners in collective acts of reflection, remembrance, hope and healing.

“Supported by a £4.1 million grant from the Scottish Government, memorial projects will be co-created in every local authority area of Scotland.

“Communities will work with artists and creative practitioners to honour those that have lost their lives to Covid-19 and reflect on their own experiences.”

Stirling based artists are invited to attend an autumn gathering, with paid places, on Wednesday 19 October to share their experiences and ideas.

There will also be an Open Day for local groups and organisations on Thursday 20 October.

This will be followed by a series of five events in the coming months to ensure a wide range of communities, experiences and perspectives are included in developing the brief.

Stirling’s project will be led by Saffy Setohy, a socially engaged dance artist with 15 years of experience working in different contexts from choreography to community building.

She will focus on ensuring that the lived experience of those most affected by Covid is central to the development of Stirling’s brief:

“Covid has amplified existing inequalities in Scotland. There is a strong correlation between people disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and those who are regularly marginalised. I am interested in people whose voices are often less heard.”

For more information about the project and to book a place see: https://scenestirling.com/rememberingtogether