Cultures and memories

Participants in the project
Young participants in the project

Projects

Park Place Remembers the Great War

Young people in Tredegar explored the history of a local memorial plaque through creative work and film-making.

Image icon showing simple outline of traditional tools

Projects

Revival of Ancient Crafts

Young people with learning disabilities practiced a variety of ancient crafts and shared new skills with their wider local community through a traditional fair.

Young people researching the heritage of boxing

Projects

Tribal: a cultural history of boxing in the East End

Young people explored the heritage of boxing in London's East End, including the social impact on the local community and its relationship to gangs and crime, ethnic identity and the entertainment scene.

Emily Davison's graduation photo

Projects

Emily Inspires! Her Past, Our Present, Your Future

Emily Inspires! pays tribute to the legacy of Emily Wilding Davison, who was buried at Morpeth after falling under the hooves of the King's horse at the Epsom Derby in June 1913 - a moment that changed history.

People visiting a Rowntree Society pop-up exhibition
People visiting a Rowntree Society pop-up exhibition

Projects

York Remembers Rowntree

The Rowntree Society aims to raise awareness of the legacy of the York-based industrialist, social reformer and philanthropist, Joseph Rowntree.

The Caldwell family posed outside a building c.1908
William Caldwell (1855-1918) surrounded by his family c.1908

Projects

Sharing the Heritage of Caldwell's Nurseries

The Cheshire Gardens Trust led on a project to explore the fascinating history of Caldwell’s Nurseries in Knutsford.

A young participant learning about the First World War
A young participant learning about the First World War

Projects

Luton remembers the First World War

People living in Luton took a step back in time to explore what life was like during the First World War and the impact it had on people living in Luton at the time.

People learning about Chinese Heritage in Birmingham

Projects

Chinese Heritage

A first for the West Midlands, Chinese Lives in Birmingham was created to capture the hidden histories of Birmingham's Chinese community.

Wicked Fish Project

Projects

People Like Us

A two-year project explored, collected and shared the social and cultural history of people with learning disabilities in the Liverpool and the Merseyside region.

Participants from the Cardiff and Newport Multicultural Project

Projects

Cardiff and Newport Multicultural Project

Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.

Participants exploring their heritage

Projects

Desh - Homeland

The project aims to bring together several generations of South Asians living in Bristol to identify and record their heritage. Desh means Motherland or Homeland in Hindi and Urdu.

The history wall with red poppies (for those who died) or a white butterfly (for those left behind)
The history wall with red poppies (for those who died) or a white butterfly (for those left behind)

Projects

Red Poppies and White Butterflies

Nostell Priory engaged the community with a compelling programme telling the stories of the men who died in the First World War and those that survived, with an invitation to research their own ancestry and add to a message wall.

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