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Exploring the history of people who objected to fighting in the First World War and telling their stories through an exhibition and educational resources.

Young people from Brierfield and Nelson in Lancashire explored the role of their local community and the Indian Army in the First World War.

Heaton Avenues in Wartime uncovered 10 hidden stories of local residents during the First World War.

Cultures CIC led a First World War project put together by the young people in the Teesside area which explored the contributions of African people and the effect of the war on the African continent.

Young people in Wythenshawe worked with their local community housing group to learn about Wilfred Owen, a First World War poet who posthumously won the Military Cross.

Young people reinterpreted the changing roles of women during the First World War, through letters, films and an exhibition.

Residents of the Langley Estate in Manchester used stories and photographs of their ancestors as inspiration to create a collective poem and film.

Through workshops and visits, children from Salesbury School used archives to find out how the First World War affected boys living in Blackburn Orphanage.

Twenty young people, aged 14-19, researched the lives of Bolton soldiers who had died during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

Volunteers used the Otley Museum archives to create a digital map showing the address of every person on the town’s war memorial.

Young people from North Tyneside found out how the First World War affected their local communities through a range of creative activities.

As part of the All Our Stories programme, young people focused on the heritage of the coal and steel industry of South Yorkshire and were empowered to tell the local story of industrial decline.