“Catcher’s approach to heritage is outstanding; the quality, accessibility and beauty of their work means that the community are drawn to their projects and the benefits of their projects.” Hannah McSherry, former Funding and Enterprise Officer at Herefordshire Council.
We provide people with a powerful connection to their heritage and place. We encourage a diverse range of people to engage with their own heritage using creative and multi-disciplinary approaches to audience engagement, teaching and learning. We work with local communities, schools, hard-to-reach groups, SEND students and BAME groups.
‘You have been closely involved with museums, archives and libraries locally, as well as other collaborators from the Council to Hereford Cathedral, on a wide array of exciting cultural and heritage projects. You have been able to engage a huge number and range of people in your films, photographic exhibitions, online activities and venues. You have provided priceless opportunities for young people, with three paid interns and over 283 volunteers in your last project alone.’
– Rt. Hon Jesse Norman MP, Member of Parliament for Hereford & South Herefordshire.
Catcher’s most recent 5-year heritage project is the ‘wonderfully ambitious and beautifully realised’ Herefordshire Life through a Lens project. Alongside this were two other major Herefordshire projects.
Chewing the Cud: Memories from Hereford’s old Livestock Market
Kington’s Playful Landscapes is an affectionate intergenerational film which bringing together primary school-children with older people to talk about play.
ReDiscover is based on the heritage of Bloxwich in the West Midlands and features Noddy Holder of glam-rock band Slade.Two films from our back catalogue provide a lovely snapshot of Herefordshire music and entertainment memories: You Must Remember This and Play It Again Sam.
More recent additions include Hereford College of Arts @ 170 years. Alongside these are two projects from the archives we thought you might enjoy: The River Wye and Clean Water, four educational films made for the Waterworks Museum in Hereford and last, but not least, Nancy Evans, munitions worker at Rotherwas in World War Two, recalls her wartime experiences.
