Working closely with local museums including Hartlepool’s Heugh Battery Museum, The Local and Family History Centre, and Hartlepool Art Gallery to ensure that the ideas developed are distinctive to the town, Hartlepool Community Hubs/Libraries will lead on a project to capture meaningful insight about the past and present, that highlights the challenges and achievements which have shaped our understanding of freedom over time.

Involving Hartlepool residents of all ages, some of the celebration events will be intergenerational, while some will be targeted to specific age groups including school aged children, and young and older adults (including housebound library users). Other groups including care homes, veterans and their families, and refugees and asylum seekers will also be invited to share their experience of freedom and what it means to them.