Join our Barking Town Heritage team of volunteers!

Join up in June! The Barking Town Heritage Project will be present at the Barking Folk Festival on Saturday 8 June, with a heritage style horse and carriage and at Eastbury Manor House, on Sunday 9 June, for Eid at Eastbury. There will be further information available about our project and the opportunity to sign up as a volunteer as well as a chance to test your knowledge of the local area with a Barking History Quiz! We hope to see you there!

Join us in July! New volunteers can attend our induction and first workshop at the borough's Archives and Local Studies Library, with Karen the Archivist and Teresa our local studies librarian. You will be introduced to the centre's treasure trove of local resources and archive material and trained in research skills, to help us to produce a legacy of Barking Town Heritage resources. These will inform a permanent heritage mural in East Street, the creation of town trails and tours, pop-up exhibitions and educational materials for local schools. This could be the perfect opportunity for you to share and develop your historical knowledge and skills and join a friendly and enthusiastic team of heritage volunteers!