The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is keen to help local communities to develop interpretation in their area because of the advantages it can bring to everyone concerned. The National Park Authority employs a member of staff, the Interpretation Officer, to co-ordinate all the interpretation in the Park. The Interpretation Officer and other staff who work in the Countryside, Access, Rights of Way and Community Development Sections can offer advice to local communities who want to get involved in interpretation in their area. This toolkit is one of the ways that the National Park Authority helps communities to develop interpretation projects, giving an introduction to the processes involved.  

There are two levels of interpretive plans in the Brecon Beacons National Park. There is an Interpretation Strategy for the whole National Park and there are some Local Interpretive Plans for individual sites, features or areas such as a village trail, a castle or the waterfalls area. www.breconbeacons.org

HERIAN (www.herian.org), the organisation for industrial heritage in South Wales, has produced an excellent toolkit for producing Local Interpretation Plans and there’s also good advice on the websites of Scottish Natural Heritage (www.snh.org.uk) and the Association for Heritage Interpretation. (www.heritage-interpretation.org.uk)