In this episode I am joined by Sarah Dowd, serial heritageand cultural entrepreneur, founder and chair of The Tricolor Collective, which is 15 years old this year, as well as Founder and Co-Managing Director of Les Raconteurs and host of “History FFS”, a podcast looking at the intersection ofhistory as seen through the arts.

Sarah takes us on her journey of where her passion forheritage came from and how the stories her grandmother told her and the time she spent in England helped shape her view of the world and our connection with the past and also her study and carer choices and the various roles and companies Sarah has worked with and the support she has provided organisations through their challenging times.

We talk about the meaning of heritage and how it is widerthan a building and how this informs how you should approach projects. We discuss the importance of collaboration and the need to think about how the endusers of a space will interact with it and how their needs have to be considered in the design process and not just the direct project teams and the funders perspectives – it needs to have an audience first mentality.

We also discuss the usual challenges, common themes andmisconceptions working in the heritage sector along with top tips when working with an older property.

It will be an interesting listen for anyone embarking on aproject and is looking for some guidance and anyone generally interested in older properties.