Community heritage

Metroland researched and shared the story of Amersham-on-the-Hill during the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Railway.

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

This project generated interest from the Canvey Island community and artists alike by creating a mural of the 1953 flood that affected the area.

Transforming a historic building and giving new hope, skills and self-confidence to homeless participants.

Four communities researched, documented, and shared the cultural and social history of tower blocks in the city.

The Glasgow Women’s Library explored the stories behind the badges worn by women involved in activism.

Through this project, men and women in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia will be recalling and sharing their memories of working and living in Liverpool.

Ballintoy's hidden heritage was uncovered through the community's exploration of the archaeology of Ballintoy village and the surrounding area.

In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury bringing the very first migrants from the Caribbean to settle in Britain. There are many in the Watford community who arrived then, or in the ten years that followed, in what has subsequently become known as the “Windrush Decade”.

The Call Up helped participants piece together the lives of refugees living in Hampshire during the First World War.

Creative Waves Community Arts enabled young and old residents of Worthing to rediscover their town.

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.