The 'Starting from Values' project was one of seven recently funded in a call for developing different ways of investigating the legacy of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Connected Communities projects.

The project brings together partners from two Connected Communities project: The Authority Research Network and Scaling-Up Co-Design as well as special advisors. The aim was to co-develop creative ways of identifying, evaluating and enhancing intangible, values-related aspects of project legacies. This leaning was then taken to a further six AHRC Connected Communities projects.

The project has led to new ways of defining 'legacy', lending legitimacy and authority to previously unheard or less ‘tangible’ legacies of Connected Communities projects, and contributes to wider questions on shared values, authority and legacies in collaborative research projects.