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title: yep-2021
date: 2026-07-25
status: published
year: 2021
category: Best Contribution to a Heritage Project by Young People
tags: [2021]
author: shortlisted
project: YEP! Portrush
angel: Jade Thorne
image: "/heritage_angels/shortlists/2021/yep-portrush-1024x661.jpg"
video_link: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/XpZZ6d4DQgM"
---

In November 2019, Portrush Heritage Group were awarded funding under the 148th Open Legacy Fund to create a resource that would allow children to explore the heritage of Portrush.

The project, named ‘Young Explorer Portrush or YEP’, was led by Heritage Group committee member Jade Thorne, a teacher at Carnalridge Primary School. Jade recognised that classes could draw on Portrush’s own natural and man-made assets to contribute to learning as part of the NI Curriculum. Jade approached all four local Primary Schools to work together to develop the YEP! App as a tool to implement this learning into the classroom.

The YEP! App works to create a full and interactive heritage adventure across Portrush. The adventures cover History, Geography, Science and Technology and the intention is to educate our children in Portrush’s history and stories to foster a passion for heritage from an early age.