Bill Bevan

Please describe yourself and your areas of interest.

I have 35 years’ experience of heritage interpretation and archaeology, beginning as a tour guide at William Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage in 1986. I founded inHeritage in 2005 to work with communities and organisations to help them tell their heritage stories. I am a Fellow of the Association for Heritage Interpretation. I was AHI Chair from 2015 to 2018 and Chair of the Awards Group from 2014 to 2021. I have written the AHI best-practice guidelines on panels and leaflets. I specialise in interpretive planning, content creation, interpretive writing, community participation, co-production and heritage training. I also write books about the archaeology of Britain and Ireland, and children’s novels. Recent projects include: Interpretive planning and co-producing community led guided tours for Redhills, the historic headquarters of the Durham Miners’ Association. Interpretive planning and community consultation for Kala Sangam (Bradford Arts Centre) in the former General Post Office. Co-producing research, interpretation and guided tours for Wingfield Station, an historic railway building in Derbyshire. Project managing, guiding and mentoring on The Streets of Walkley, a community-led research, engagement and interpretation project about the Victorian origins of a Sheffield suburb managed by the Walkley Historians local history society.

Why did you become a Companion of the Guild?

I became a Companion as a result of my work as the heritage interpreter on the Guild's Ruskin in Sheffield project.

Web link: www.inheritage.co.uk

Email address: bill@inheritage.co.uk