Exploring what the end of the Second World War meant then, especially to the people of Berwick, and what freedom and community means to us now, The Maltings will create ways for young people who are part of the Berwick Youth Project to reflect and be creative together, helping to shape artistic responses to explore what freedom means to each of them individually, and together.

Working with partners in the wider Living Barracks development, primarily the Berwick Record Office, Berwick Literary Festival, and the King’s Own Scottish Borderers Association, will ground the ideas developed in this project in the fabric and history of the town, with the intention that the final public facing response will be displayed or exhibited to as many people in the town as possible.