Let’s Not Forget
A Walk in the Past
Let’s Not Forget – A Walk in the Past is an exciting two-year heritage project bringing the stories of Dallow Ward in Luton to life through art, technology and community collaboration.
Let’s Not Forget
A Walk in the Past
Let’s Not Forget – A Walk in the Past is an exciting two-year heritage project bringing the stories of Dallow Ward in Luton to life through art, technology and community collaboration.
Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Delivered in partnership with Revoluton Arts · Digital development by Three Counties Media
A Free Interactive Heritage Trail
Across Dallow Ward
Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, this innovative project will create a free digital heritage trail designed to help residents, schools and visitors explore and celebrate the area’s rich local history in a modern, engaging way.
Delivered in partnership with Revoluton Arts and supported by specialist digital partners, this project blends creativity, technology and community voice.
This is heritage you can walk through, experience and interact with.
Created With the Community
This is a community-led project shaped through consultation and co-production.
Working alongside Revoluton Arts, we are commissioning local artists to develop creative responses to Dallow’s heritage.
We are also engaging local schools, community groups, faith communities and Luton cultural organisations.
What Are We Creating?
At the heart of the project is a digital map that will guide people around seven key heritage locations across Dallow Ward.
Using their phone or device, visitors will be able to:
- Navigate the heritage trail
- Explore each heritage zone
- Unlock Augmented Reality (AR) experiences
- Access digital storytelling and commissioned artwork
- Experience the past layered over the present
Working closely with Revoluton Arts and local artists, each of the seven heritage zones will feature creative interpretations of Dallow’s history.
The AR experiences are being developed in collaboration with Three Counties Media, ensuring the trail is immersive, accessible and technically robust.
The digital map will be free, easy to use and designed for families, young people and the wider community.
The trail connects seven key locations
across Dallow Ward:
Together, these locations form a connected heritage route across the ward.
Meet Your Digital Guide –
Nurse Dessie 🧸
Leading the way is Nurse Dessie Bear, Mary Seacole Housing Association’s much-loved mascot.
Nurse Dessie will welcome visitors at the starting point of the trail and act as a friendly digital companion throughout the experience.
Using Augmented Reality, she will:
- Encourage exploration and curiosity
- Introduce the trail
- Help visitors understand how to use the digital map
- Guide users from one heritage location to the next
- Provide simple, child-friendly instructions
Her presence ensures the trail feels welcoming, inclusive and easy to navigate — particularly for young people and families.
This project is about more
than heritage — it is about connection.
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Digital content accessible beyond the life of the project
“Dallow Ward has a rich and layered history shaped by industry, education, green space, migration, faith and community life.”
It is one of Luton’s most diverse areas — home to multi-faith communities, multiple generations and people from many cultural backgrounds.
Yet many of these stories remain untold or disconnected.
Let’s Not Forget – A Walk in the Past aims to:
- Celebrate Dallow Ward's diverse heritage
- Promote social cohesion through shared storytelling
- Highlight and honour multi-faith communities
- Build pride in place
- Encourage intergenerational understanding
- Strengthen a sense of belonging
- Make heritage accessible to communities experiencing inequality
Through collaboration with Revoluton Arts and local creatives, the project ensures that stories are interpreted artistically and inclusively, reflecting the lived experiences of the community.
By combining art, technology and storytelling, we are creating a shared heritage experience that encourages understanding, respect and unity.
Free, Accessible &
Built to Last
The heritage trail will be:
- Completely free to access
- Designed with digital accessibility in mind
- Environmentally conscious
- Available for long-term community use
The digital content will remain accessible beyond the life of the project, creating a lasting legacy for Dallow Ward.
Completely Free
No cost to access the trail, map or any AR experience
Digital Accessibility
Designed with digital accessibility in mind for all users
Environmentally Conscious
A digital-first approach with minimal physical footprint
Lasting Legacy
Content remains available long beyond the project's end
The project runs from January 2025 to December 2027
and includes:
Phase One
Community Consultation
Deep engagement with Dallow Ward residents and local organisations to shape the trail’s creative direction and heritage priorities.
Phase Two
Artist Commissions led by Revoluton Arts
Local artists commissioned to develop creative responses to each of the seven heritage locations across the ward.
Phase Three
AR Development with Three Counties Media
Building the Augmented Reality experiences and digital map, alongside school engagement activities.
Phase Four
Public Launch Event
The completed heritage trail launches publicly with a community celebration event.
Phase Five
End-of-Project Showcase
A final showcase celebrating the journey, community involvement and lasting impact of the project on Dallow Ward.
Created With the Community —
Our Partners
This is a community-led project shaped through consultation and co-production.
Working alongside Revoluton Arts, we are commissioning local artists to develop creative responses to Dallow’s heritage.
We are also engaging:
Revoluton Arts
Revoluton Arts is our main creative partner for this project.
They are leading on artist engagement, creative direction and community-based artistic development across the trail. Their expertise in socially engaged creative practice ensures that the project is bold, inclusive and rooted in local experience.
Through this partnership, we are supporting local artists while embedding creativity at the heart of heritage storytelling.
Three Counties Media
Three Counties Media are leading on the technical development of the Augmented Reality and digital map elements.
They are responsible for building the AR experiences and ensuring the digital trail is accessible, interactive and future-ready.
Their technical expertise enables the creative vision to become a fully immersive digital experience.
This is heritage you can walk through,
experience and interact with.
A free digital heritage trail designed to help residents, schools and
visitors explore and celebrate Dallow Ward’s rich local history.
Mary Seacole Housing Association Ltd,
12 Cardiff Road,
Luton, LU1 1QG