Children and young people
Since 1994, we are proud to have invested over £60million across the UK in projects working with children and young people. This includes the £10m Kick the Dust programme.
We are committed to supporting greater inclusion, diversity, access and participation in heritage – including for younger generations. We know that children and young people can play a significant role in creating innovative and exciting heritage projects that speak to them.
Explore some of our work below and find inspiration for your project, then discover whether your idea is eligible for funding.
Projects
Coming Out Stories
Young people captured, preserved and shared the Coming Out Stories of Birmingham’s LGBT community.
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Exploring our heroes - the impact of World War 1 on the people of Havant
Outside their lesson time, a group of students investigated the lives of people from Havant during the First World War and created a film, website and book.
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New Street Station history project for young people
Young people from Midland Actors Theatre joined the Library of Birmingham to explore and share the 160-year history of New Street Station.
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QR Code Information Track Judy Woods Bradford
The Friends of Judy Woods and JAMES (Joint Activities and Motor Education Services) worked together to open up natural heritage to local young people through a new digital heritage trail.
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Rewind! The evolution of recording - music, culture and science
Beat Routes enabled young people to discover the history of recording music in the 20th century, experimenting and recording with pre-digital technology.
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Heritage Heroes of Yesterday and Today
South West Youth Parliament members took part in a project to learn about people who campaigned for change in their communities and in politics.
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Fight for the Right: the Birmingham Suffragettes
School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.
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Connecting people to Cumbernauld’s green spaces
The Scottish Wildlife Trust worked with local schools and community groups to connect people to the green spaces in their town.
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Introducing school children to ancient meadows
Rotherfield Millennium Green Trust worked with Rotherfield Primary School to introduce local children to the heritage of their local landscape.
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Recording the stories of Wiltshire's Arctic Star Veterans
The project is identifying and recording the stories of Arctic convoy veterans.
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Punk Snow: the Punk era in 1970s Liverpool
Punk Snow researched unpublished diaries and collected memories of Liverpool's 1970s punk era to create a 15-minute documentary.
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365 Stories - charting boundaries of the Leeds story for disabled and marginalised people
365 Leeds stories uncovered and shared the hidden history of people with learning difficulties in Leeds by interviewing people who remembered Meanwood Hospital.