Folklife Apprenticeship Programme

This project, featuring the pairing of six tradition-bearers and six apprentices, was established in 2008. In creating structured opportunities for tradition-bearers to work one-on-one with interested young people, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs hopes to foster the growth of a younger generation of tradition-bearers in Bermuda.

The main objectives of the Apprenticeship Programme are to:

• Foster the development of a new generation of tradition-bearers
• Promote the transfer of knowledge and experience from established tradition-bearers to the next generation
• Establish a structure and format for a knowledge-transfer programme between tradition-bearers and young people (35 and under)
• Promote Bermuda’s traditions in the community
• Promote intergenerational learning in Bermuda by linking tradition-bearers and interested young people
• Compile some best practices on intergenerational learning

APRENTICESHIPS NOW IN PROGRESS (Sept 2009 - March 2010)

1. Cake-making with Mrs. Juliette Jackson
2. Fishing with Mr. Llewellyn Hollis
3. Organic farming with Mr. Tom Wadson
4. Building with Mr. Leon Burt
5. Quilting with Mrs. Lynn Morrell
6. Cooking with Mr. Fred Ming

COMPLETED APRENTICESHIPS (Sept 2008 - March 2009)
In 2008, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs launched our pilot Folklife Apprenticeship Programme with great success!  Click Here to watch a short film with 5 tradition bearers and their apprentices engaging in the passing on of Bermuda's Heritage.